“We cannot help but comment on the outrageous situation surrounding Austria’s refusal to issue an entry visa to the Vice President of Iran, Mohammad Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organization, who was scheduled to arrive in Vienna to participate in the 70th session of the IAEA General Conference, which is now opening,” Mikhail Ulyanov said on Monday, accoridng to Press TV.
He noted that Austria’s baseless move to revoke Eslami’s visa after it had already granted him one violates the country’s “obligations under the Agreement with the IAEA on the Establishment of the Agency’s Headquarters in Vienna.”
Eslami and his accompanying delegation departed for Vienna on Saturday. However, he returned to Tehran on the same day after Austria cancelled his visa under US pressure.