Trump Administration Denies German-Iranian Father Visa to Attend Son's Funeral
Independent Aggregator of Iran-related News/Events, Kodoom.com: According to Deutsche Welle (DW) a German-Iranian father and human rights lawyer who wanted to travel to the United States to attend his son's funeral was denied by the Trump Administration a three-day visa because the US said he was using "fraud or willfully misrepresenting a material fact" to obtain it! Iranbomy was born in Iran but has German citizenship and has lived in Germany for more than 40 years. "I am more German than Iranian," he told DW. He said he was not interested in moving to the US. During Barack Obama's presidency, Dr. Iranbomy had received a 10-year visa for both business and leisure travel, but this was revoked in May 2017 after current US President Donald Trump took office.
Dr. Seyed Shahram Iranbomy's 20-year-old son Irman (pictured above) died in a car accident in the capital Washington on June 10. He had been studying at a university in the US where his mother also lives.
Iranbomy, a prominent human rights and anti-discrimination lawyer who runs his own law firm in Frankfurt, told DW that the US consulate said he was taking advantage of his son's death to immigrate to the US.
DW has received photographs of official US consulate documents from Iranbomy that state he was denied a non-immigrant visa because he "sought to procure a visa, other documentation, admission to the US, or immigration benefit by fraud or willfully misrepresenting a material fact."
"You're using the death of your son to immigrate to America, you're not telling the truth," Iranbomy quoted the US consulate as saying. He said he was also told that he "did not have roots in Germany."
Iranbomy's story has been picked up by local German media outlets, including daily newspapers Frankfurter Rundschau and Frankfurter Neue Presse.
Iranbomy described himself to DW as "an American friend." He is listed on the website of the US Consulate in Frankfurt as a lawyer for US citizens who need legal services in Germany. He said he has represented numerous Americans.
Iranbomy said it was not only a violation of his dignity to not allow him to attend the funeral, but also his son's. "My son still has dignity today, not only my dignity is violated, but the rights of the person who is dead."
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