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The Herald
5 days ago
- Politics
- The Herald
Ban on entry of international Harvard students blocked by US judge
Earlier on Thursday, White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson called Harvard 'a hotbed of anti-American, anti-Semitic, pro-terrorist agitators', claims the school has previously denied. 'Harvard's behaviour has jeopardised the integrity of the entire US student and exchange visitor visa system and risks compromising national security. It must face the consequences of its actions,' Jackson said. Trump cited national security concerns as justification for barring international students from entering the US to pursue studies at the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based university. Under Trump's proclamation, the suspension would initially be for six months but could be extended. Trump's order also directed the US state department to consider revoking academic or exchange visas of current Harvard students who meet his proclamation's criteria. In Thursday's court filing, Harvard said Trump had violated federal law by failing to back up his claims about national security. 'The proclamation does not deem the entry of an alien or class of aliens to be detrimental to the interests of the US, because noncitizens who are impacted by the proclamation can enter the United States so long as they go somewhere other than Harvard,' the school said. The Trump administration has launched a multifront attack on the nation's oldest and wealthiest university, freezing billions in grants and other funding and proposing to end its tax-exempt status, prompting a series of legal challenges. Harvard argued the administration is retaliating against it for refusing to accede to demands to control the school's governance, curriculum and the ideology of its faculty and students. The university sued after homeland security secretary Kristi Noem announced on May 22 that her department was immediately revoking Harvard's student and exchange visitor programme certification which allows it to enrol foreign students. Noem's action was temporarily blocked almost immediately by Burroughs. On the eve of a hearing before her last week, the department changed course and said it would instead challenge Harvard's certification through a lengthier administrative process. Nonetheless, Burroughs said she planned to issue a longer-term preliminary injunction at Harvard's urging, saying one was necessary to give some protection to Harvard's international students. Wednesday's two-page directive from Trump said Harvard had 'demonstrated a history of concerning foreign ties and radicalism' and had 'extensive entanglements with foreign adversaries', including China. It said Harvard had seen a 'drastic rise in crime in recent years while failing to discipline at least some categories of conduct violations on campus' and had failed to provide sufficient information to the homeland security department about foreign students' 'known illegal or dangerous activities'. The school in Thursday's court filing said the claims were unsubstantiated. Reuters
Associated Press
6 days ago
- Politics
- Associated Press
AP PHOTOS: Life in Iran's capital, Tehran, as high-stakes nuclear negotiations with the US go on
People walk past a state-sponsored anti-U.S. mural painted on the wall of the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — As I prepared to take a photograph of an anti-American mural outside of the former U.S. Embassy in Iran's capital recently, a passerby called out to me. 'Take any picture you like, they'll remove all of them later,' the man said. It was a telling moment as the murals have long been a feature of the U.S. Embassy compound, which has been held and run by Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard as a cultural center since the 1979 student-led hostage crisis there destroyed ties between Iran and the United States. Today, Iran is talking to America about a possible diplomatic deal over its nuclear program and the idea of ties between the West and the outside world again seems possible, though difficult. Motorbikes drive past a cyclist statue on a highway in Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) Women eat pizza in the outdoor area of a restaurant in northern Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) Carpet sellers adjust carpets in their shop in northern Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) A street musician plays the Daf, a hand-held Persian drum, on a sidewalk in northern Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) A fruit and vegetable vendor waits for customers in Tajrish traditional bazaar in northern Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) Two women share a laugh as they walk on the sidewalk in northern Tehran, Iran, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) A street musician plays music on a sidewalk in northern Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) Branches complete the hair of a painting on a wall of Imam Khomeini grand mosque in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) A dog sits in the back seat of a car in northern Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) A woman stands with her dog, Lucifer, on a sidewalk in northern Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) A street vendor displays her puppet on a sidewalk in northern Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) Decorative lights glow beside cars parked along the roadside at the eastern entrance of Tehran, as people enjoy the evening in Iran, Thursday, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) A vendor adjusts fruits on his stand on the roadside of eastern entrance of Tehran, Iran, Thursday, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) A woman prays at the courtyard of Imam mosque at Tehran's old main bazaar, Iran, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) Iranian women drink coffee on the sidewalk in northern Tehran, Iran, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) A carpet seller stands at his shop at Tehran's old main bazaar, Iran, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) The thing about taking pictures and working as a photojournalist in Tehran, my hometown, is that Iranians will come up to you in the street and tell you what they think. And sometimes, even when they won't say something out loud, I'll see it in the images I capture. That's particularly true with the gradual change we have seen in how women dress, whether in ancient corridors of Tehran's Grand Bazaar or in the tony streets of northern Tehran. Women are forgoing the mandatory hijab , or headscarf, even as hard-liners try to pressure a renewed enforcement of the law against what they call the 'Western Cultural Invasion.' The government of reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian has meanwhile been urging restraint by police and others over the hijab. There are enough problems right now in Iran is their thought, particularly as Iran's economy remains in dire straits. U.S. sanctions have decimated it. Iran's rial currency has plummeted in recent years. That economic hardship has made people more distrustful of the country's theocracy. And so people continue their daily lives in Tehran as they wait for any news after five rounds of talks so far between Iran and the U.S. You can see it in my photos. A carpet-seller waits to sell his wares in a darkened bazaar corner. Women without hijabs smoke shisha, or water-pipe tobacco. Another woman, wearing an all-black, all-encompassing chador, prays in a mosque's courtyard. It can all appear contradictory, but that's life here. Tehran, home to some 10 million people, is the ever-growing beating heart of Iran. And as it awaits the results of the negotiations, it can feel like it is skipping beats in anticipation. ___ See more AP photography at
The Independent
6 days ago
- Politics
- The Independent
AP PHOTOS: Life in Iran's capital, Tehran, as high-stakes nuclear negotiations with the US go on
As I prepared to take a photograph of an anti-American mural outside of the former U.S. Embassy in Iran's capital recently, a passerby called out to me. 'Take any picture you like, they'll remove all of them later,' the man said. It was a telling moment as the murals have long been a feature of the U.S. Embassy compound, which has been held and run by Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard as a cultural center since the 1979 student-led hostage crisis there destroyed ties between Iran and the United States. Today, Iran is talking to America about a possible diplomatic deal over its nuclear program and the idea of ties between the West and the outside world again seems possible, though difficult. The thing about taking pictures and working as a photojournalist in Tehran, my hometown, is that Iranians will come up to you in the street and tell you what they think. And sometimes, even when they won't say something out loud, I'll see it in the images I capture. That's particularly true with the gradual change we have seen in how women dress, whether in ancient corridors of Tehran's Grand Bazaar or in the tony streets of northern Tehran. Women are forgoing the mandatory hijab, or headscarf, even as hard-liners try to pressure a renewed enforcement of the law against what they call the "Western Cultural Invasion.' The government of reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian has meanwhile been urging restraint by police and others over the hijab. There are enough problems right now in Iran is their thought, particularly as Iran's economy remains in dire straits. U.S. sanctions have decimated it. Iran's rial currency has plummeted in recent years. That economic hardship has made people more distrustful of the country's theocracy. And so people continue their daily lives in Tehran as they wait for any news after five rounds of talks so far between Iran and the U.S. You can see it in my photos. A carpet-seller waits to sell his wares in a darkened bazaar corner. Women without hijabs smoke shisha, or water-pipe tobacco. Another woman, wearing an all-black, all-encompassing chador, prays in a mosque's courtyard. It can all appear contradictory, but that's life here. Tehran, home to some 10 million people, is the ever-growing beating heart of Iran. And as it awaits the results of the negotiations, it can feel like it is skipping beats in anticipation. ___
