Sirous Asgari's guest appearances

Sirous Asgari

NIACast

Yasmin Khan

Omar Khayyam

Persis Karim

Shervin Malekzadeh

Narges Bajoghli

Maryam Jamshidi

Juan Cole

Cyrus Habib

Anna Eskamani

Nazita Lajevardi

Erich Ferrari

Justine Shapiro

Fatima Ayub

Tim Kaldas

Shokoofeh Rajabzadeh

OwlTail

The U.S. government lost its case against Sirous Asgari. But just moments after a judge dismissed the charges against him, Dr. Asgari was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and is being held indefinitely. Now, as he fights for his freedom, he is sounding the alarm about the dangerous conditions in ICE detention facilities that put him and his fellow detainees at risk of contracting coronavirus. This week we speak with attorney Mehrnoush Yazdanyar who is working with Dr. Asgari to help secure his freedom. (You can sign the petition to ICE here: https://www.change.org/p/ice-field-office-director-new-orleans-save-my-dad-from-ice-s-virus-ridden-detention-centers)

<p>The U.S. government lost its case against Sirous Asgari. But just moments after a judge dismissed the charges against him, Dr. Asgari was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and is being held indefinitely. Now, as he fights for his freedom, he is sounding the alarm about the dangerous conditions in ICE detention facilities that put him and his fellow detainees at risk of contracting coronavirus. This week we speak with attorney Mehrnoush Yazdanyar who is working with Dr. Asgari to help secure his freedom.</p> <p>(You can sign the petition to ICE here: <a href="https://www.change.org/p/ice-field-office-director-new-orleans-save-my-dad-from-ice-s-virus-ridden-detention-centers?source_location=topic_page" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.change.org/p/ice-field-office-director-new-orleans-save-my-dad-from-ice-s-virus-ridden-detention-centers</a>)</p>

Episode 2: The curious case of Dr. Sirous Asgari