Separated Iranian families have been in self-isolation for years
Foreign Policy | SAEED JALILI, FOROUGH ALAEI: When Peyman celebrated his wife’s birthday in his apartment in Tehran on Nov. 13, 2018, he…
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US to ban travel from Europe for 30 days due to coronavirus
The Wall Street Journal – State Department advises Americans not to travel abroad President Trump announced a 30-day ban on some travel…
US tweets support for Iranian chess official but ban wouldn’t let her in
The New York Times | Maria Cramer: American embassies appeared to sympathize with an Iranian woman who feared returning to Iran after…
Trump admin expands travel ban with new restrictions for six countries
Euronews – The Trump administration is expanding its travel ban by restricting travel from six countries,citing security risks, the Department of Homeland…
Cut off from family, unable to travel: how US sanctions punish Iranian Americans
The Guardian | Sam Levin: As penalties create hardship for Iran’s residents, Iranians in US also suffer consequences: ‘The sanctions are still…
‘They treated me like a terrorist’: the vetted Iranians deported on arrival to the US
The Guardian | Caleb Hampton: A growing number of students are being banned by US authorities, despite having gone through an intense…
Iranian families divided by the Trump travel ban tell of holidays apart and lives on hold
The New York Times | Aidan Gardiner: Readers in the United States with ties to Iran share how they have been affected…
Iranian trailblazer’s Olympic dream faces US immigration hurdle
Reuters – With Tokyo 2020 looming, Iranian sprinter Maryam Toosi has been desperately trying to come to the U.S. to pursue her…
Trump authorizes travel ban on top Iranian officials, their families
Press TV – US President Donald Trump has authorized his State Department to put a travel ban on top Iranian officials and…
Iran FM spokesman: Limiting Zarif in NY “odd” if not “cheap”
IRNA – Limiting Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in New York was an “odd” move, if not a “cheap” one, said…
US denies German-Iranian father visa needed to attend son’s funeral
Deutsche Welle – The US consulate accused a German-Iranian father of using his late son’s funeral as an excuse to migrate to…
Mother can’t see her dying 2-year-old due to Trump’s travel ban: Advocates
Euronews – A Yemeni woman is barred from seeing her 2-year-old son who is reportedly dying in a California hospital because of…
Separated by travel ban, Iranian families reunite at border library
Reuters | Yeganeh Torbati: During the six-hour drive from New York City to a tiny town in northern Vermont, Iranian student Shirin…
Parliament to set travel ban for officials
IRNA – An senior lawmaker said on Sunday that a group of MPs are now mulling and collecting signature for a plan…
Travel ban punishes Iranian scholars and undermines US economy
Atlantic Council | Tahereh Hadian-Jazy: The Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision to uphold the third iteration of President Donald Trump’s travel ban falls hardest on…
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.…
Muslims hold mass prayer outside White House to decry Trump’s travel ban
IFP – A group of Muslim people held a mass prayer in front of the White House in Washington D.C. to protest…
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,…
Trump seeks to worsen Islamophobia with travel ban on Muslims: Scholar
Press TV – US President Donald Trump’s travel ban on nationals from six predominantly Muslim countries is aimed at intensifying the anti-Muslim…
Hawaii judge again blocks Trump’s travel ban
RT– A federal judge in Hawaii has granted a temporary restraining order against President Donald Trump’s latest travel ban, saying it was…
‘The last Iranian Americans’
Al-Monitor | Narges Bajoghli: On Sept. 24, the United States announced a revised travel ban that, unlike its predecessors, may face fewer…
Iranian Americans in limbo, despair after new travel rules
AP — U.S. Navy veteran Mohammed Jahanfar has traveled overseas four times in the last year to visit his Iranian fiancee, most…
Trump replaces travel ban with new restrictions
AP — Citizens of more than half a dozen countries will face new restrictions on entry to the U.S. under a proclamation…
Iran’s Zarif says Trump’s new travel ban shows his fake empathy to Iranians
Press TV – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that US President Donald Trump’s new travel ban is proof of his fake…
Sublime Iranian scientist disgraces Trump’s Travel Ban
IRNA – The American news channel CBS in a report on Saturday about the sad demise of the Iranian math genius Maryam…
Iranian researcher: Political past not related to US work
AP — An Iranian researcher denied entry to the United States without explanation told The Associated Press in an email Friday that…
Deportation of Iranian researcher shameful: Commentator
Press TV – The administration of US President Donald Trump is “tarnishing” itself by adopting foolish decisions including travel ban for Iranians…
Iran researcher recounts ordeal after arrival in US
Press TV – An Iranian cancer researcher who was arrested after arriving at a US airport says he was kept in detention for…
Iran’s VP bemoans US deportation of cancer scientist
Tasnim – Iran’s Vice-President for Science and Technology Affairs Sorena Sattari deplored the US move to deny entry to and deport an…
Iranian cancer researcher traveling to Boston detained at airport
CBS News – An Iranian cancer researcher arriving in the U.S. to start work at a prominent Boston hospital has been detained…
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…
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…
ISIS would own Baghdad without our help, Iran official says
CNN – The speaker of Iran’s Parliament has expressed disbelief at the Trump administration’s travel ban for citizens from six countries, including…
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…