Legal Opinion
Abbas Zahedi v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 6, 2000No. 98-71179PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Abbas Zahedi, a citizen of Iran, petitions for review of the determination of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA” or “Board”) that he has not established asylum eligibility. Zahedi was involved in an endeavor with one other person to translate and informally distribute a Farsi edition of Salman Rushdie’s banned novel The Satanic Verses. His partner in the project was arrested and apparently tortured by the Iranian authorities; death ensued. The Immigration Judge (“IJ”) found Zahedi’s testimony not credible, and the BIA adopted the IJ’s decision. Zahedi appealed to…
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