US Sanctions on Iran hit students

The World

It takes a lot of planning for international students to financially make it work to study in the US Iranian students, one of the largest international contingent at Universities, now have an added strain: not being able to access their bank accounts due to escalating tensions between the US and Iran. Host Marco Werman talks with The World’s Marnette Federis about her latest reporting on the unique challenges of Iranian students trying to make it in the US.     

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