Legal Opinion
Kazemzadeh v. U.S. Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 6, 2009No. 08-12857PublishedCited by 143 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRYOR, Circuit Judge:
This petition for review, filed by an Iranian who has converted from Islam to Christianity and claims to fear persecution in Iran where apostasy is punishable by death, places this Court between Scylla and Charybdis. A denial of review will return the petitioner to the theocratic regime in Iran, but an erroneous grant of review could establish a precedent that rewards less than genuine fears of persecution based on religious conversion. Hani Kazemzadeh, a native and citizen of Iran, petitions this Court for review of the denial of his application for asylum and…
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3Cited by143 opinions
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