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Former Iran conscripts say unfairly blocked from US travel

Leili Ghazi, a 22-year-old immigrant from Iran, stands for a photo in Pasadena, Calif., Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Two years ago, Leili Ghazi quit studying biomedical engineering in Iran and seized the chance to travel to the United States to build a new life for herself and her parents. Now, the 22-year-old is separated indefinitely from her family because her father performed military service more than two decades ago for a branch of the Iranian armed forces that the U.S. government has declared a foreign terrorist organization. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Leili Ghazi, a 22-year-old immigrant from Iran, poses with a photo taken with her father, Mehrdad, in Pasadena, Calif., Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Two years ago, Leili Ghazi quit studying biomedical engineering in Iran and seized the chance to travel to the United States to build a new life for herself and her parents. Now, the 22-year-old is separated indefinitely from her family because her father performed military service more than two decades ago for a branch of the Iranian armed forces that the U.S. government has declared a foreign terrorist organization. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Leili Ghazi, a 22-year-old immigrant from Iran, sits for a photo in Pasadena, Calif., Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Two years ago, Leili Ghazi quit studying biomedical engineering in Iran and seized the chance to travel to the United States to build a new life for herself and her parents. Now, the 22-year-old is separated indefinitely from her family because her father performed military service more than two decades ago for a branch of the Iranian armed forces that the U.S. government has declared a foreign terrorist organization. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)