Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva tells a Portuguese parliament committee about the decision but declines to elaborate on the rationale for it. He says he would provide details privately to politicians on the committee.
Portugal has long had diplomatic relations with Iran, though trade and ties are minor compared with other Europe
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...an Union countries.
Online newspaper Observador reports that national news agency Lusa quoted Santos Silva saying, "Portugal doesn’t take lightly who it lets into the country."