MNA Dr. Sirous Asgari, an Iranian scientist and professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Sharif University of Technology, who was jailed in the United States, returned home this morning at the unflinching efforts of the Iranian Foreign Ministry.
Dr. Sirous Asgari, 59, professor at the Faculty of Science and Materials at Sharif University ...
MNA Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi said that Iranian scientist Asgari, who had been imprisoned in the US, will return to the country on Wednesday morning.
He made the remark on Wednesday, saying that as the Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif already announced the departure of professor Sirous Asgari to Iran, he will arrive ...
Bloomberg - The return of an Iranian scientist who was imprisoned in the U.S. isnt part of a prisoner-swap deal between the two countries, Irans state TV said on Tuesday, citing foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi.
The comment came after Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said on Instagram that the scientist, Sirous Asgari, was on his way back to ...
Reuters - An Iranian professor imprisoned in the United States after being acquitted of stealing trade secrets has left the country and is on his way back to Iran, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in an Instagram post on Tuesday.
Hello friends. Good news. Dr. Sirous Asgari is in the air on a flight back to Iran. Congratulations to his ...
MNA Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi said that Iranian scientist imprisoned in the US will return to the country this week.
He made the announcement on Monday in his weekly presser, saying that all the measures have been taken for the release of Iranian professor Sirous Asgari, and he will return home this week.
Dr. Asgari, a materials ...
Al-Monitor - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said May 11 that the United States has not yet responded to calls for a prisoner swap. The day before, Hassan Rouhani administration spokesman Ali Rabiei made headlines when he said, We have announced that we are ready to exchange prisoners without any preconditions. He added that Iran is open ...
Reuters - The United States urged Tehran on Monday to send a charter plane to take home 11 Iranian nationals whom Washington wants to deport, and accused the Islamic Republic of stalling the repatriation process.
We have 11 of your citizens who are illegal aliens who we have been trying to return to your country. You suddenly SAY you want them back,...
Business Insider - On Sunday night, President Donald Trump retweeted a news report indicating that Iran is ready to negotiate a prisoner swap with the US "without preconditions."
The article, published by Time on Sunday, reported that senior Iranian officials are calling for a prisoner swap with the US.
Time cited Iranian news site Khabaronline....
Press TV - Iran says ithas expressed its readiness to exchange all prisoners with the United States without preconditions, butWashington has not yet responded.
Government spokesman Ali Rabiei told Khabaronline news website on Sunday that Iran's readiness to swap prisonershad already been announced by Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.
We have ...
Reuters - Switzerland, which represents the United States in Iran, has asked Tehran to extend the medical furlough from detention of U.S. Navy veteran Michael White, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday, as the coronavirus continues spreading.
Pompeo also thanked Switzerland for seeking humanitarian furloughs from detention by Iran ...
The New York Times | Farnaz Fassihi: Iran and the United States are negotiating a deal that would release a United States Navy veteran held by the Iranian authorities in exchange for an Iranian-American doctor detained by the Americans, according to a senior Iranian official and a spokesman for the veterans family.
The negotiations are extraordinary ...
Reuters - The United States is expected to deport Iranian professor Sirous Asgari, who was acquitted of stealing trade secrets, once he receives medical clearance to leave, U.S. and Iranian officials said on Tuesday.
Asgari might be part of a rare prisoner swap between foes Iran and the United States. Iranian sources have told Reuters that Tehran ...
IRNA Iranian lawmaker referred to the latest condition of Dr. Sirous Asgari, Iranian scientist who was arrested by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and was infected with COVID-19 in prison, saying based on reports of Foreign Ministry, Defense and Intelligence ministries, Asgaris return has been confirmed.
Referring to Monday meeting ...
Tasnim Iranian scientist Sirous Asgari who is behind bars at a US immigration jail will be repatriated as soon as he tests negative for the novel coronavirus, spokesperson for the Iranian administration said.
Speaking at a press conference on Monday, Ali Rabiee said Tehran is closely monitoring the situation surrounding the imprisoned Iranian scientist ...
Press TV - Irans Judiciary has urged the United States to immediately release Sirous Asgari, the Iranian scientist who has contracted the novel coronavirus in a prison in Louisiana.
Asgari, a professor of material sciences at Sharif University of Technology,has remained behind bars in the US despite having been exonerated in a sanctions trial.
The ...
Tasnim An Iranian scientist who has been pleading for weeks to be released from a US immigration jail due to his fragile health has contracted COVID-19, according to his family and attorneys.
Dr. Sirous Asgari, a materials science and engineering professor who spoke out in March about the unsanitary and inhumane conditions in detention, was placed ...
The Guardian | Sam Levin: Although he was exonerated, Dr Sirous Asgari remains locked up and tells the Guardian inhumane jail is denying detainees masks and hand sanitizer
An Iranian scientist who was exonerated in a US sanctions trial but remains jailed by immigration authorities said the conditions in detention were filthy and overcrowded and ...
Press TV - The wife of an Iranian material sciences professor, who has been held in the United States for close to three years on 'not-proven' charges of bypassing Washingtons sanctions against Iran, has recounted his ordeal in American detention.
Sharif University of Technology Professor Sirous Asgari was arrested in the United States in mid-2017....
MNA Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accused the US of taking Iranian scientists hostage and refusing to grant them medical furlough in the wake of coronavirus outbreak.
US has taken several Iranian scientists hostagewithout charge or on spurious sanctions charges& not releasing them; even when its OWN courts reject the absurd ...
Press TV - An Iranian scientist detained by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has said that ICEs handling of the coronavirus,COVID-19 outbreak may kill him along with many other inmates, according to a report.
The British daily Guardian published an interview with Iranian materials science and engineering professor Sirous Asghari ...