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Dear Dr. Hojabri,
My wife had a flight to US through Amsterdam 08/03/2006 and this is what happened for her:

She was stopped and questioned at Amsterdam and was refused to be given a flight card. She can't speak English well so she asked for a person who knows Farsi. Since there were none available, she asked to go with the security in the airplane and find an Iranian. She did so and that Iranian who was a man of about 30, after checking his passport was asked to pack his luggage and come outside. The man asked why he should take his luggage and they told him he might come back after a short time again. Anyhow, they were both taken in a hall and two other Iranians were also sitting in the chairs there having the same problem. They told my wife and that fellow that their visas have been denied two days ago and they can not leave. The rest of the story is that the young man was angry since he thought if he went, he could pass but one of the two people on the sitting in the chair told him that that's not true and they showed him a print of your email two days ago. The three Iranians (other than my wife) had a good English, They discussed for long to pass and they were denied. My wife take the next flight back to Iran.

I didn't receive my clearance so I had to cancel my flight. About my job and position, I have graduated with a MS in Mathematics and Computer Engineering and worked several years as a researcher in PSTN Switches software in ITRC (Iran Telecom Research Center). I am currently running a company, Jahankavosh Ertebat, in communication field.

Sincerely, Mohammad