AMHERST, Mass. (AP) -- A Massachusetts university says it will continue to admit Iranian nationals but is taking new measures to comply with U.S. sanctions against Iran. The University of Massachusetts at Amherst said last winter it would ban Iranian citizens from certain graduate programs in science and engineering but reversed the decision days ...

[caption id="attachment_150979" align="alignright" width="237"] AMHERST, MA - SEPTEMBER 17: Students on the campus of UMass Amherst. (Photo by Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) | Boston Globe via Getty Images[/caption] This past week, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst made a course correction that puts it back on track with ...

[caption id="attachment_152636" align="alignright" width="190"] An Iranian woman walks down a street in Tehran, Iran. Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA Photograph: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA[/caption] In his Iraniannew year messageof March 2011, President Barack Obama pledged the US would build new avenues for engagement with Irans youth, facilitate their ability ...

[caption id="attachment_150979" align="alignright" width="187"] AMHERST, MA - SEPTEMBER 17: Students on the campus of UMass Amherst. (Photo by Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) | Boston Globe via Getty Images[/caption] AMHERST, Mass. (AP) -- The University of Massachusetts at Amherst said Wednesday that it has reversed its decision ...

[caption id="attachment_150979" align="alignright" width="189"] AMHERST, MA - SEPTEMBER 17: Students on the campus of UMass Amherst. (Photo by Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) | Boston Globe via Getty Images[/caption] Two student groups are decrying an "outrageous" University of Massachusetts Amherst policy that restricts Iranian ...

[caption id="attachment_151054" align="alignright" width="204"] The logo of the University of Massachusetts Amherst[/caption] The National Iranian American Council (NIAC) has expressed deep concern over restrictions imposed on Iranian students at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The university hasdecided to no longer admit Iranian nationals ...

[caption id="attachment_150979" align="alignright" width="234"] AMHERST, MA - SEPTEMBER 17: Students on the campus of UMass Amherst. (Photo by Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) | Boston Globe via Getty Images[/caption] The University of Massachusetts-Amherst deleted a policy statement Friday that warned students from Iran not to apply ...