TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WIAT) — On Saturday, Sama Ebrahimi Bajgani will celebrate her birthday in Jena, Louisiana. It’s not what she and her fiancé, Alireza Doroudi, had wanted. In fact, it wasn’t that long ...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WIAT) — Protestors gathered in Tuscaloosa on Monday to call for the release of Alireza Doroudi. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested the University of Alabama ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Attorneys for an Iranian student who was detained by immigration officers at his home in Tuscaloosa last week believe his arrest may have been part of a targeted operation.

An Iranian doctoral student detained in Alabama on immigration charges will self-deport more than six weeks after his arrest due to “legal uncertainty” and the possibility of a “prolonged detention,” ...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WIAT) — The fiancé of an Iranian student who was detained by immigration officers in the middle of the night from his apartment near the University of Alabama is speaking on what the ...

The fiancée of an Iranian-born University of Alabama doctoral student facing deportation said she is saddened by news that President Donald Trump will deliver a speech prior to the university’s spring ...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Sama Ebrahimi Bajgani and her fiance, Alireza Doroudi, had just spent an evening celebrating the Persian new year at the University of Alabama when seven armed immigration ...

Sama Ebrahimi Bajgani wanted to build a life with her fiancé in America. Now, she grieves as Alireza Doroudi prepares to return to Iran after he was held in a detention facility for 42 days. “I feel ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Iranian mechanical engineering student at the University of Alabama has decided to self-deport after six weeks in a Louisiana detention center despite the government ...