Turquoise Lounge Opens at San Francisco Airport: In Honor of Iranian Visitors

San Francisco - In August of 2006, about 100 Iranian scholars, professional engineers and family members traveled to the United States to attend the 4th International reunion of Sharif University of Technology which was held in Santa Clara, CA from August 4-6th. The focus of the reunion was to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the university and to discuss Natural Disaster Management with emphasis on Earthquake and Tsunami.The participants were traveling with valid visas and their ports of entries were San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, and several other major cities throughout the United States. Upon their arrival in the United States, they were met by Customs and Border protection at their arriving gates and were later informed their visas had been revoked and they were denied entry into the United States...more