EU could lift travel ban on Iranian minister: Ashton

United Nations (AFP) Feb 8, 2011 The European Union is considering lifting a travel ban on Iran's new foreign minister to boost hopes for a nuclear accord, officials said Tuesday. Ali Akbar Salehi, a former head of Iran's atomic program who became foreign minister last month, is one of a group of Iranian officials banned from entering the 27-nation EU under sanctions imposed against Iran's