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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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