Immigration
Sep. 9, 2000
Court Rules Iranian Businessman Is Eligible for Asylum in the United States
An Iranian businessman who braved the fury of the ayatollahs by distributing Salman Rushdie's banned novel "The Satanic Verses" in Teheran is eligible for asylum in America, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A three-member panel ruled unanimously...