Visa Ban
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Court's Message to Trump: We Won't Back Down
EghtesadOnline: The decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit upholding a nationwide freeze on Donald Trump’s immigration executive order is a powerful rebuff to the administration…
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Trump Vows to Fight On as Appeals Court Thwarts Immigration Ban
EghtesadOnline: A federal appeals court unanimously refused to reinstate President Donald Trump’s ban on travel from seven Muslim-majority countries, issuing a sharp rebuke in a ruling likely…
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For Trump Travel Ban, Hard Questions From a U.S. Appeals Court
EghtesadOnline: It was, by any measure, high legal drama: For just over an hour, appeals court judges sharply questioned the lawyer defending President Donald Trump’s ban on travel from seven…
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U.S. court to hear arguments Tuesday on Trump's travel ban
EghtesadOnline: A U.S. federal appeals court will hear arguments on Tuesday over whether to restore President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries,…
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Trump Administration to Argue U.S. Faces Grave Peril Without Ban
EghtesadOnline: The Trump administration will return to court Tuesday to argue it has broad authority over national security and to demand reinstatement of a travel ban on seven Muslim-majority…
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Iranian Businesses Deferring US Investment
EghtesadOnline: Amin Shokrollahi was supposed to be in Silicon Valley last week to accept an award at a prominent semiconductor conference called DesignCon. He never made it.
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Trump steps up attack on judge, court system over travel ban
EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump on Sunday ramped up his criticism of a federal judge who blocked a travel ban on seven mainly Muslim nations and said courts were making U.S. border security…
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Twitter, Netflix Plan Brief Opposing Trump Immigration Order
EghtesadOnline: Technology companies including Twitter Inc. and Netflix Inc. plan to submit legal documents condemning President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration, adding to the industry’s…
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What to Watch in Trump’s Escalating Confrontation With Iran
EghtesadOnline: An immigration ban, missile launches, new sanctions, hostile rhetoric -- in the space of just over a week relations between the U.S. and Iran have reverted to the diplomatic and…
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Appeals court refuses to immediately restore Trump travel ban
EghtesadOnline: A U.S. appeals court late on Saturday denied a request from the U.S. Department of Justice to immediately restore a immigration order from President Donald Trump barring citizens…
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Iranian academics react to Trump’s visa ban, call for wise policy
EghtesadOnline: The government of the Islamic Republic of Iran should take a different approach to address the problem caused by the controversial order by president Donald Trump banning Iranians…
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Zarif says Iran will grant visa to American wrestlers
EghtesadOnline: Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif announced that visas will be granted to the American wrestlers to travel to Iran to attend the 2017 Freestyle World Cup.
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United World Wrestling respects Iran’s decision on US ban
EghtesadOnline: The United World Wrestling (UWW) president says he respects Iran’s decision to ban US wrestlers' travel to Iran to attend 2017 Freestyle World Cup.
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Reports on Kuwait's not issuing visa for Iranians untrue: Envoy
EghtesadOnline: Iran’s Ambassador to Kuwait Ali-Reza Enayati announced that the reports saying that Kuwait has plans not to issue visa for the Iranian nationals are not correct.
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U.S. moves to resume admitting refugees, including Syrians
EghtesadOnline: The U.S. State Department on Saturday moved to begin admitting refugees, including Syrians, as soon as Monday after a federal judge on Friday blocked a Trump administration temporary…
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Trump: U.S. will win appeal of judge's travel ban order
EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Donald Trump said the Justice Department will win an appeal filed late Saturday of a judge's order lifting a travel ban he had imposed on citizens of seven mainly…
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Trump Slams ‘So-Called’ Judge on Travel as State Lifts Visa Ban
EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump slammed the federal judge who temporarily ended U.S. immigration restrictions made in his executive order a week ago, vowing that the decision in a case…
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U.S. Revokes Tens of Thousands of Visas in Trump Travel Ban
EghtesadOnline: The U.S. provisionally revoked tens of thousands of visas of people from seven Middle Eastern nations in the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s travel ban, which has sparked…
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Travel Ban Block Appealed as Trump Slams ‘So-Called’ Judge
EghtesadOnline: The U.S. Justice Department is filing an emergency appeal of a judge’s order blocking President Donald Trump immigration restrictions, after a day in which visa holders and refugees…
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Thousands protest in London against Trump's refugee ban
EghtesadOnline: Several thousand people demonstrated outside the U.S. embassy in London on Saturday against President Donald Trump and his temporary ban on refugees and nationals from seven Muslim-maj…
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U.S. business leaders express concerns to Trump about travel ban
EghtesadOnline: Chief executives of major U.S. companies huddled with President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday and some of them expressed concern about a travel ban on people from…
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State Department informed of court ruling on Trump's immigration order: spokesperson
EghtesadOnline: The U.S. State Department was informed by the Justice Department of the ruling by a Washington state court blocking U.S. President Donald Trump's order barring nationals from…
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Some airlines board barred passengers after blow to Trump travel ban
EghtesadOnline: Citizens of seven mainly Muslim countries banned from the United States by President Donald Trump can resume boarding U.S.-bound flights, several major airlines said on Saturday,…
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Iran Bans Travel of US Wrestlers to Iran
EghtesadOnline: Iran on Friday banned U.S. wrestlers from participating in the Freestyle World Cup competition this month in response to President Donald Trump's executive order forbidding visas…
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U.S. Revokes Tens of Thousands of Visas in Trump Travel Ban
EghtesadOnline: The U.S. provisionally revoked tens of thousands of visas of people from seven Middle Eastern nations in the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s travel ban, which has sparked…
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Trump Immigration Order Is Grounded Nationwide by U.S. Judge
EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump’s immigration restrictions were temporarily shut down by a federal judge who said the states of Washington and Minnesota can sue claiming their economy…
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Trump says his travel ban needed to ensure U.S. religious freedom
EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Donald Trump defended his order to temporarily bar entry to people from seven majority-Muslim nations, which has come under intense criticism at home and abroad,…
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Microsoft Seeks Trump Order Exemption for Workers With Visas
EghtesadOnline: Microsoft Corp. is asking U.S. officials to grant an exception for law-abiding, visa-holding workers and students from President Donald Trump’s immigration order.
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US Visa Row Overshadows Iran’s Western Plane Deals
EghtesadOnline: The deals for 80 Boeing jets and 100 from Europe’s Airbus struck last year are seen by western investors as a crucial test, as they seek business in Iran in the wake of the nuclear…
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US presence in World Cup depends on FM visa issuance
EghtesadOnline: The US wrestlers will participate in the 2017 Wrestling World Cup if foreign ministry issues visas for them, said Minister of Youth and Sports, Masood Soltanifar, on Tuesday.