BOSTON — The Latest on the Iranian researcher detained at Boston’s Logan International Airport (all times local):11:50 p.m.An Iranian cancer researcher who was detained at Boston’s Logan International Airport has been sent back to his home country. U.S. Customs and Border Patrol spokeswoman Stephanie Malin says Mohsen Dehnavi and his family were put on a return flight shortly after 9 p.m. Tuesday. Dehnavi was to have started work at Boston Children’s Hospital. ——2:05 p.m.An Iranian cancer researcher arriving in the U.S. to start work at a prominent Boston hospital has been detained at Logan International Airport. The Supreme Court recently ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration could largely enforce its travel ban on six Muslim-majority countries, including Iran.

Source: National Post July 12, 2017 03:45 UTC