Terror linked Iran karate team visa denied, will not compete in World Games in Alabama

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JERUSALEM, Israel – The Iranian national karate team was denied a visa to enter the U.S. for The World Games in Birmingham, Alabama Fox News Digital can reveal.  

Iran's karate team has direct links to the terrorist organization, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC,) and opponents of the regime called for an immediate ban. 

After Fox News Digital sent queries to the U.S. State Department and the Department of Homeland Security Sunday, an Iranian regime-controlled media outlet, the Iranian Student News Agency (ISNA) reported on Tuesday that the American government denied visas to the karate team. 

A State Department spokesperson said Tuesday that its response has not changed from when first asked by Fox News Digital on Sunday about the karate team and if the U.S. planned to grant visas to the Iranian athletes. The spokesperson noted that "Visa records are confidential under U.S. law; therefore, we cannot discuss the details of individual visa cases." 

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Critics claim the martial arts team is packed with members and supporters of the Iranian regime's terrorist organizations involved in the murder of over 600 American military personnel in the Middle East. 

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2016 file photo, Iran's Revolutionary Guard troops march in a military parade marking the 36th anniversary of Iraq's 1980 invasion of Iran, in front of the shrine of late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran.  (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

Those voicing concern include a Gold Star family member who lost her brother to an IRGC