3 additional Iranian students challenge removal from country
AP — Three more students from Iran attending New England colleges have filed civil rights complaints with the U.S. Department of Homeland…
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120 NAM member states protest US visa refusal to Iran’s Zarif
Press TV – The 120-member nations of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) have strongly opposed Washington’s refusal to issue Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad…
FM Zarif: US behaving like ISIS in threatening to destroy Iran’s cultural heritage
IRNA – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the US is behaving like ISIS when threatening to devastate Iran’s cultural heritage of…
After assassinating top Iranian general, US denies Zarif visa to attend UNSC meeting
Press TV – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has denounced Washington’s refusal to issue him a visa for attending an upcoming…
Zarif to attend UNSC special meeting if US issues visa
IRNA – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman announced that Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is likely to visit New York in early January…
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…
Iran Economy Minister cancels US visit after entourage refused visa for IMF meeting
Tasnim – Iran’s Economy Minister Farhad Dejpasand called off his trip to Washington, DC, after the US government denied the members of…
Iranian students barred from US: lost money, broken dreams, no answers
The Guardian | Caleb Hampton and Simon Campbell: They had been accepted to prestigious postgraduate programs, many in California, but they got…
Iranian students set to start at US universities are barred from country
The New York Times | Karen Zraick: The students, who were mostly headed to schools in the University of California system, had…
Pres. Rouhani’s visit to NY may not happen
MNA – The visit of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his accompanying delegation to New York for the annual UN General Assembly…
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…
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…
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…
Revived U.S. travel ban sows confusion, anger in Middle East
Reuters | Tuvan Gumrukcu and Khaled Abdelaziz: A U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing partial implementation of President Donald Trump’s travel ban has stirred…
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 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…
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…
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…
Iran’s 1st international marathon begins, with no Americans
AP – Runners began racing in Iran’s first international marathon Friday, which was billed as an opportunity for “building bridges, breaking barriers”…
Former CIA Director warns against Trump’s immigration order
IRNA – Former CIA Director John Brennan, criticizing Trump’s order on immigrants’ ban, particularly aimed at six Muslim countries, warned that the…
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…
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…
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…
Raul Castro calls Trump’s border wall plan ‘irrational’
CBC– Cuban President Raul Castro harshly criticized U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration, trade and other policies on Sunday as Trump reviews a…
Officials: New Trump order drops Iraq from travel ban list
AP- President Donald Trump’s new immigration order will remove Iraq from the list of countries whose citizens face a temporary U.S. travel…