I can't remember who. he was arrested at USA airport. He tied with chains like a danger prisoner. That's shame. My brother has 10 years USA VISA. However he says "they behaves us different because of crescent on our passport".

I read a turkish at newspapers who works in a USA university. She had go Mexico, after when she return she arrested. Until she can tell she works at an american university she had stayed at prison days...


>>Do you know a farsi film director arressted at your airport when coming take his award just for being a farsi?
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>Are you referring to Tahmineh Milani arrested in Iran?
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>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1519185.stm
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>Or Babak Payami?
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>http://www.wsws.org/articles/2003/sep2003/paya-s24.shtml
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>Or Abbas Kiarostami who was denied a VISA to enter the U.S. because he applied inside the 90 day time required to do the background check for the VISA? He was arrested for being farsi, he didn't have a Visa. I thought he was denied the Visa, not arrested. I'll have to research it. I will agree that the U.S. should have waived the requirements for him since he was invited. That was one of the many security changes due to 9/11 - it is enforced always for immigrants and visitors coming from countries known to have links to terrorism. That is not the only incident. Cuban pianist Chucho Valdes was prevented from attending the Latin Grammys due to Visa problems and the Afro-Cuban All-Stars had to cancel a 17-city US tour all due to insufficient time for Visa requirements to be fulfilled. Or even worse, this:
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>http://www.opendemocracy.net/democracy-irandemocracy/radar_3828.jsp
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>It is a sad sad thing.