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Mohsen Dehnavi, an Iranian scholar, was deported to Iran on Wednesday from
Boston International Airport after being accused of membership in a student
mobilization entity in Iran.
Dehnavi is an academic preparing to work at the Boston
Children’s Hospital. American media published a story about his past and his
active membership in the Student Basij, affiliated to the Iranian RevolutionaryGuards Corps (IRGC) being the main reason for his deportation.
Earlier it was said the anti-immigration law was main reason
for his arrest and entry denial into the US. He was rejected by airport border
authorities.
The Student Basij, known as the Basij-e Daneshjouyi, are
deployed to suppress pro-democracy students on campuses and in universities
across the country.
Meanwhile, Trita Parsi, an Iranian national who runs the
Washington-based National Iranian American Council (NIAC), with close ties to
clerics in Iran and reportedly an active Tehran lobbyist, condemned Dehnavi’s
deportation.
NIAC is also campaigning to prevent the designation of the
IRGC and its entities as foreign terrorists organizations. IRGC members and
proxies have been involved in murdering many US soldiers in Iraq, according to
retired US generals commanding units in that country.
Dehnavi was previously an active Basij member, reports
indicate, and heading the Basij unit of Tehran’s Sharif Tech University.
Dehnavi was also in charge of the students’ office of 2013
presidential candidate Saeed Jalili, according to the Associated Press.
Jalili’s anti-American views were clear before and after the election.
Some former student activists at Sharif University, on the
condition of not disclosing their identities to Radio Free Europe, said Dehnevi
was an active Basij member who placed enormous pressure on reformist student
activists. Dehnavi deserved to be deported, they said.
It seems that Dehnavi’s deportation, considering his past
activities, was wise for US security, and the morale of Iranian students and
professors suffering from state suppression by the Basij.
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