Iran Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif

Tehran (IP) - Iran's Foreign Minister announced the Iranian scientist Sirous Asgari who is in the US detention will return to the country in the near future.

Iran Press/Iran NewsMohammad Javad Zarif told the reporters on Monday that the Iranian scientist Sirous Asgari has been exonerated from any charge, and if his coronavirus test becomes negative, he can return Iran with the first flight. 

Sharif University of Technology Professor Sirous Asgari, a 59-year-old Iranian scientist, was acquitted in November 2019 on charges of stealing business secrets related to academic activities at Ohio State University, but the US Department of Immigration and Customs did not allow him to return to Iran.

Iranian scientist Sirous Asgari who is in the US detention will return to the country in the near future

The British Guardian newspaper reported that Sirous Asgari had contracted the coronavirus

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Iranian scientist Sirous Asgari who is in the US detention will return to the country in the near future