{"id":19006,"date":"2013-05-07T20:08:52","date_gmt":"2013-05-07T20:08:52","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2014-12-29T16:03:04","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T02:03:04","slug":"19006-focus-meet-iman-nasseri-the-iranian-immigrant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.civilbeat.org\/2013\/05\/19006-focus-meet-iman-nasseri-the-iranian-immigrant\/","title":{"rendered":"FOCUS: Meet Iman Nasseri, The Iranian Immigrant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Five years ago, Iman Nasseri would not have been able to point out Hawaii on a map.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the 32-year-old Iranian citizen calls Honolulu home and is probably not going to move back anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>He and his wife, Maryam \u201cSaloome\u201d Asghari, said they are grateful their first move from their home country was to Hawaii.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople were under much more economic pressure,\u201d Nasseri said, recalling their first visit back to Iran last year. \u201cAnd in terms of social, we could feel that pressure on everyone in the streets, on our family and our friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nasseri is earning his doctorate in energy economic research at the University of Hawaii.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to his story:<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5LmelI0KBzk\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Got the perfect person for FOCUS?<\/strong> <em>Email Nathan Eagle at <a href=\"mailto:neagle@civilbeat.com\">neagle@civilbeat.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iman Nasseri has no plans to move back to his home country because of economic hardships caused by political 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