Fatemeh, an Iranian infant with a heart defect was scheduled to meet with doctors in Portland on February 5, but were barred from traveling from Tehran to Portland, Fatemeh's uncle, Samad Teghizadeh, told CNN Thursday, Feb 2, 2017. She is now on the mend after arriving in the US just in time for a life-saving procedure to treat a heart defect.
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Iranian Baby Barred By Travel Ban Arrives at Hospital
Baby Fatemeh Reshad could soon on the mend -- and just in time. The 4-month old Iranian infant who has a life-threatening heart defect arrived Tuesday at a Portland, Oregon, hospital, officials there said. Fatemeh and her family had been ensnared in President Donald Trump's immigration ban that barred travel from seven Muslim-majority countries, including Iran.
