Rojia Afshar is grateful for the opportunity to become a U.S. citizen. She's hoping to unjam the gears of her mother’s case, but the odds are slim.

In the bustle of her small Columbus market, Sharareh Boyegan finds her thoughts drifting more than 6,000 miles away — to ...

Iranian immigrants in Arkansas express hope and urgency for change in Iran, seeing potential for democracy and global security.

"Too often, what's left out of that conversation is the Iranian people," she said in an exclusive interview with WJCL ...

The flashbacks to the day Rojia Afshar’s life changed forever are easily summoned. It was May 2012 in Tehran, Iran. Afshar, 24 at the time, had been granted a student visa to study in America two days ...