Iranian scientist Sirous Asgar to return in two-three days from US jail: Foreign Ministry

Sirous Asgari, Iranian scientists jailed in US, is all set to return back to Islamic Republic after years of tribulation, country’s foreign minister reportedly said. A US court in 2016, h accused Iranian professor of stealing ‘state secrets’, however, he was acquitted in vember. In May this year, it was reported that Asgari has contracted COVID-19 while being US custody.

Meanwhile, speaking to a state news ncy, Abbas Mousavi, spokesman for ministry confirmed that Asgari’s case h been closed in America and he would “probably” return to nation in two or three days if " issues or obstacles come up”. This comes as Asgari, earlier in March, h revealed that despite his exoneration, US’  Immigration and Customs Enforcement ncy continued to keep him in a detention centre in Lusnana without “basic sanitation”.

Iran slams US

This comes as Mousavi, in same press conference, called on  US to “stop violence” against its own people. Speaking to reporters, he said that world has heard ir “outcry” over state of oppression, and are standing by m. Earlier, Iran’s Foreign Minister Jav Zarif h slammed US saying some people don’t believe that black lives matter after #BlackLivesMatter protests were held across United States. Zarif shared an edited copy of US secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s statement from 2018 in which former CIA chief h called out on Iran government saying it was squandering its citizens. 

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However, new version h words replaced to target ‘American dictators’ and said that Americans were tired of “racism, corruption injustice, and incompetence from leers”. US has been critical of Iran’s handling of protests and recently, it sanctioned Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli for alleged role in serious human rights abuses against Iranian people, including giving orders to police to use lethal force on protestors. 

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