U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
United States v. Sirous Asgari
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- Type
- Opinion
- Author
- Jeffrey S. Sutton
- Filed
- March 19, 2019
- Case
- United States v. Sirous Asgari
- Case status
- Decided
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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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