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Iranian researcher: Political past not related to US work

Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2016 file photo, members of the Iranian Basij paramilitary force reenact the January 2016 capture of U.S sailors by the Revolutionary Guard in the Persian Gulf, in a rally commemorating the 37th anniversary of Islamic Revolution, in Tehran, Iran. Mohsen Dehnavi, an Iranian cancer researcher who was denied entry to the U.S. previously headed a student branch of a volunteer paramilitary militia, footage aired on state television Thursday, July 13, 2017, showed. In comments to the channel at the Tehran airport, he defended his travel to the United States as solely intended for science and research. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

Iranian researcher denied US entry has ties to militia

By AMIR VAHDAT - Associated Press