TEHERAN - Iran’s conservative-controlled parliament is to debate a bill that would make digital fingerprinting compulsory for all US citizens seeking to enter the country, lawmakers said on Tuesday. According to the bill, which is expected to be voted on in the next days, “all US citizens should be controlled and subjected to digital fingerprinting when they enter Iran,” said lawmaker Kazem Jalali in a debate broadcast on state radio.
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“This law comes in response to the American practice of taking digital fingerprints of sportsmen, political officials and other Iranians, sometimes with an insulting attitude,” he added. Until now, only US journalists have been subjected to digital fingerprinting on arrival in Teheran.
According to Jalali, the bill is also a reaction to the law voted on Saturday by the US Congress for sanctions against foreign countries, which assist in IranÂ’s nuclear programme and supply sophisticated missile technology. |