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Will visa concerns dissuade Iranians from studying in the US?
Iranian students across California are on edge after at least two dozen of their peers, with valid visas, were barred from coming to the United States. That includes USC grad student Sassan Yousefi, who’s been in the U.S.
By Steve Chiotakis • • 24m ListenIranian students across California are on edge after at least two dozen of their peers, with valid visas, were barred from coming to the United States. That includes USC grad student Sassan Yousefi, who’s been in the U.S. for about three years on a green card.
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3 storiesIranian students are on edge after visas revoked
Sassan Yousefi walks gingerly along the red brick and concrete floors of the USC Village, a single crutch under his left arm. “You see my leg right there,” he says. “I was in a really bad bike accident. I was in a wheelchair for six months,…
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The CASA 0101 Theater in Boyle Heights has a hit play on its hands. “ Always Running ” was originally scheduled to close in a couple of weeks. But the theater has extended the play through November 24.
Read the story8 minThe complexities of American life in Lari Pittman’s retrospective
LA artist Lari Pittman is known for his loud, dense , and chaotic paintings.
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