This is just too sad. Iranians at grad school often struck me as incredibly smart - be it students or faculty. The recent breakthrough in TSP approximation was

This is just too sad. Iranians at grad school often struck me as incredibly smart - be it students or faculty. The recent breakthrough in TSP approximation was due to an Iranian; the woman who won the Field's prize earlier was one too! They are a tiny nation but are very well represented. They were already at the receiving end of the stick under Obama, having to deal with the sanction and single entry student visas. These policies make no sense considering their distinctions as immigrants; it's an affront to one's humanity TBH.