SOURCE: abcnews.go.com

February 03, 2017

#ICYMI: Iran has banned the United States from the 2017 World Cup. https://t.co/NIioMoVlUQ pic.twitter.com/uSTCuIJsiZ

— FloWrestling (@FloWrestling) February 3, 2017

Iran on Friday banned U.S. wrestlers from participating in the Freestyle World Cup competition this month in response to President Donald Trump's executive order forbidding visas for Iranians, the official IRNA news agency reported.

A senior Iranian cleric vowed, meanwhile, that his country would continue its missile program, despite threats from the Trump administration that it was preparing to levy new sanctions.

IRNA quoted Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi as saying a special committee reviewed the case of the U.S. wrestling team and "Eventually the visit by the U.S. freestyle wrestling team was opposed."