A coalition of MEPs is calling for an indefinite EU travel ban on Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a reaction to his calls for Israel's destruction and his questioning of the Holocaust.
75 MEPs from different political groups within the European Parliament have signed a petition on the issue and sent it to the Austrian EU Presidency.
The petition asks that Mr Ahmadinejad be prevented from going to Germany to watch the Iranian football team play in the World Cup and it a...
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