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  • March 19, 2019
    decided Decision issued in United States v. Sirous Asgari

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Opinion By Jeffrey S. Sutton March 19, 2019

SUTTON, Circuit Judge. In 2012, federal agents learned that Iranian scientist Sirous Asgari was working on cutting-edge metallurgy research at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. The government suspected that Asgari had lied on his visa application and had transmitted scientific information to Iran in violation of American sanctions laws. Investigators applied for a warr…

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