First the Muslim ban, now coronavirus — Iranian families separated by one Trump order after another
The Intercept | Felipe De La Hoz: The Shamelis are an extraordinarily tight-knit Iranian family. Forty-year-old Amin, the eldest of five brothers,…
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Iranian granted U.S. visa to aid brother with cancer despite travel ban
Reuters – The U.S. State Department granted a visa to a man in Iran hoping to donate bone marrow to his U.S.…
On first anniversary, protesters decry Trump’s Muslim ban outside White House
Press TV – On the one-year anniversary of President Donald Trump’s executive order on travel ban, protesters have rallied in front of the…
Iranian-American group lauds court gag on Trump’s Muslim ban
IRNA – The National Iranian American Council (NIAC) welcomed the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upholding the lower court ruling blocking…
US Court defense of Trump’s Muslim ban gives full license to bigotry: Iran FM
Press TV – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the US Supreme Court’s complete endorsement of President Donald Trump’s travel ban…
US Supreme Court allows full enforcement of Trump’s travel ban
MNA – The US Supreme Court on Monday allowed full enforcement of the latest version of the Trump administration’s travel ban. The…
Trump signs new order restricting refugees from 11 ‘high risk’ countries
Washington Times – President Trump imposed new restrictions on refugees from 11 “high risk” target countries Tuesday, reportedly all but one being mostly Muslim,…
Denied U.S. visas, all-girl Afghan robotics team to watch their creation compete via Skype
Reuters – Two Afghan girls refused visas to the United States for a robot-building competition said on Tuesday they were mystified by…
Trump’s travel ban an offense to US constitution: Pulitzer prize winner
Tasnim – An American investigative journalist denounced US President Donald Trump’s ban on travel from six Muslim countries as an offense to…
Iran’s UN envoy lambasts Trump for irrational Muslim travel ban
FNA- Iranian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Gholamali Khoshrou blasted as an irrational move the US President Donald Trump’s…
Donald Trump playing on Islamophobia: Academic
Press TV – The US travel ban on six Muslim-majority countries came into effect on June 30 after the Supreme Court allowed…
For Iranian-Americans, Trump travel ban keeps families apart
AP | Amy Taxin: Weddings have been moved and family visits delayed. The Trump administration’s travel ban, while a shadow of its…
Trump travel ban comes into effect for six countries
BBC – People from six mainly Muslim countries and all refugees now face tougher US entry due to President Donald Trump’s controversial…
US travel ban shameful display of hostility: Iran FM
Press TV – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has slammed the new US travel ban against the citizens of Iran and five…
Revival of ‘Muslim ban’ stirs outrage in Iran
Al Monitor | Rohollah Faghihi: The US Supreme Court’s decision to revive part of President Donald Trump’s travel ban imposed on citizens from…
MP: Anti-Islam policies to spark Muslim nations’ hatred of US
IRNA – Head of National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of Majlis Alaeddin Boroujerdi said on Wednesday that support for terrorist groups…
Iran official: Trump travel ban is an ‘obvious breach’ of nuclear deal
AP – A prominent Iranian lawmaker has denounced the Supreme Court’s partial reinstatement of President Donald Trump’s travel ban, claiming that it’s…
Iran raps US Supreme Court decision on Trump’s travel ban
IFP – Iranian Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned the ‘discriminatory’ decision by the Supreme Court of the United States to partially lift…
Iran: ‘Trump’s Muslim ban is regrettable’
AFP- Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif condemned on Tuesday the US Supreme Court’s decision to partially reinstate President Donald Trump’s controversial…
US Supreme Court keeps parts of Trump’s travel ban in place
Press TV – The US Supreme Court has granted the government’s request to reinstate parts of Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban, handing…
Who better to lecture Muslims than Islam expert Donald Trump?
The Guardian | David Shariatmadari: The US president once demanded 10 years’ worth of free oil from the Saudis. But after an…
Another appeals court to weigh Trump’s revised travel ban
AP – For the second time in a week, government lawyers will try to persuade a federal appeals court to reinstate President…
Trump’s comments on Muslims could haunt him in appeals
AP – The first federal appeals court to hear a challenge to President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban appeared unconvinced that it…
Trump travel ban back in court as Iran groups open new front
Bloomberg – Iranian-American groups attempted to deliver another legal blow to President Donald Trump’s efforts to keep refugees and immigrants from six…
Iranian-Americans challenge US travel ban in court
Press TV – Iranian-Americans are set to present in-person testimonies in a case against US President Donald Trump’s contentious executive order banning…
Emirates says traveller numbers from U.S. to Iran, Indian subcontinent slip
Reuters– The number of travellers heading from the United States to Iran and the Indian Subcontinent has dipped since January after Washington…
At US competition, Iranian law students ‘surprised’ by reception
Al Monitor| Barbara Slavin: For seven young Iranians participating in an international moot court competition April 9-15 in Washington, success consisted of…
Iranians, engines of US university research, wait in limbo
AP — Universities in the U.S. say President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban would block hundreds of graduate students who play key…
Iranian citizens can still apply for visa: US Department of State
IRNA – US Department of State said in a statement that this country’s embassies and consulates are still examining Iranian citizens’ applications…
California joins lawsuit against Trump’s travel ban
RT– Attorneys for eight US states with Democratic majorities are pushing to prevent President Donald Trump’s new travel ban from taking effect.…
FIFA chief hints Trump travel ban could hurt US World Cup 2026 bid
RT– US President Donald Trump’s travel ban on six mainly Muslim countries could hurt his country’s proposed bid to host the FIFA…
Hawaii becomes 1st state to sue over Trump’s new travel ban
AP- The state of Hawaii has become the first state to sue to stop President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban. Attorneys for…
Descendants of Slaves, Forerunners of Justice: American Muslims must stop apologizing
American Herald Tribune | Ramzy Baroud: I had recently been asked to give a talk about “being an American Muslim in the…
Iraq FM calls on US to fully remove Muslim travel ban
Press TV- Iraq, which has been excluded from a revised US travel ban, decries the prohibition in its entirety, calling on Washington…
The American dream is disintegrating under Trump
American Herald Tribune|Tim King: It is all starting to break down now. Moral fibers that once wove the American spirit together are…
Iran keeps ban on US visitors in response to Trump order
AFP – Iran said Tuesday it would continue its retaliatory measure of barring US visitors in response to President Donald Trump’s updated…
FM condemns US airport officials’ insulting behavior towards Iranian national
FNA- The Iranian foreign ministry deplored the US airport authorities’ insulting behavior towards an Iranian national. “I have not yet been convinced…
Senate minority leader slams Trump’s ‘watered down’ immigration order
Sputnik– Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said that US President Donald Trump’s new immigration order poses security risks for the United States…
US civil rights, Muslim groups denounce revised travel ban
Press TV- President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban has drawn criticism from several US civil rights and Muslim groups, which denounce the…
President Donald Trump signs new travel ban, exempts Iraq
CNN– President Donald Trump signed a new executive order Monday banning immigration from six Muslim-majority countries, notably dropping Iraq from January’s previous…