University takes new steps to comply with Iranian sanctions
BOSTON — The state’s flagship public university confirmed that it won’t ban Iranian nationals from certain graduate programs as it initially said it would do this year but instead will unroll several new measures to comply with U.S. sanctions against Iran. The University of Massachusetts at Amherst had said in February that it would block Iranian nationals from some science and engineering programs, citing sanctions aimed at Iran’s nuclear program. The sanctions, enacted by Congress in 2012, deny visas for Iranian citizens preparing for ...
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