Iranian student in Alabama to self-deport despite withdrawal of initial charge behind his arrest
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An Iranian mechanical engineering student at the University of Alabama has decided to self-deport after six weeks in a Louisiana detention center despite the government dropping a charge behind his initial arrest, his lawyer and fiancee said.
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