FNA - Two college students from Iran on Monday filed civil rights complaints with the US Department of Homeland Security, saying they were mistreated and illegally denied entry into the country by federal officials at Bostons Logan International Airport. Incoming Harvard University student Reihana Emami Arandi and Northeastern University student ...

CNN | Catherine E. Shoichet: They left Iran with valid visas in hand. But hours after landing in the US, they were forced to turn back on flights they never expected to take. From Massachusetts to Michigan, reports are on the rise of authorities detaining and deporting Iranian students at US airports. A 27-year-old engineer who'd planned to get ...

Press TV - American Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents have detained and deported yet another Iranian student, who had a valid visa to enter the United States. Alireza Yazdani, 27, who had planned to continue his studies at Michigan State University, was on a flight leaving Detroit Metro Airport on Monday, a day after he was detained and ...

The New York Times | Caleb Hampton and Caitlin Dickerson: Since August, at least 16 Iranian students have been turned away at airports, losing their chances to study at prestigious universities, amid new tensions between the U.S. and Iran. A small room. A language barrier. An interrogation after hours of travel. Months spent preparing for a new ...

CNN - US border officers working at Canadian border crossings were directed to stop travelers of Iranian descent for questioning following the killing of Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani, an unnamed Customs and Border Protection officer alleged in an email to an immigration attorney. Dozens of American citizens of Iranian descent were stopped at a port ...

Press TV - Iran has denounced unconstitutional and inhuman treatment of travelers of Iranian descent by US border guards, saying the American government holds responsibility for the harassment. The reaction by Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi on Saturday came after Canadian news agency CBC revealed that US border officers had been instructed ...

The Guardian | Caleb Hampton: A growing number of students are being banned by US authorities, despite having gone through an intense approval process Mohammad Elmi was on his way to fulfill a lifelong dream. On 13 December 2019, the 31-year-old Iranian boarded a flight to Los Angeles to join his wife in the United States and start a PhD program ...