ICE Detains Iranian Professor for 3 Days for “Standard Questioning”

An Iranian professor for the University of Oklahoma was released by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Monday after spending three days in detention for what the agency has deemed “standard questioning.” “My sincere thanks to my friends and colleagues at the University of Oklahoma, the Middle East Studies Association, and the wider Iran studies and political science community for helping resolve this.” Landis said that the university was in the process of switching Abedini’s visa to University of Oklahoma, which he had just begun teaching for, from his old employer.

Author: Sharon Zhang

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