When Nadia Bassirnezhad found out that she’d been selected to interview for a chance to get a visa to come to the United States, she felt like she hit the jackpot.
She was 29-years-old at the time and had dreams of attending Georgia Tech to study architecture. She also has relatives in Georgia.
The United States severed diplomatic relations with Iran more than 40 years ago. Because there’s no U.S. Embassy in Iran, she had to spend money to travel to Armenia to be interviewed.
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