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KAZEMZADEH v. U.S. ATTY. GEN.

No. 08-12857.

577 F.3d 1341 (2009)

Hani KAZEMZADEH, Petitioner, v. U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 6, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eduardo A. Canal, Coral Gables, FL, for Petitioner.

Karen Y. Stewart, David V. Bernal, Liza S. Murcia, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., OIL, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before MARCUS and PRYOR, Circuit Judges, and EDENFIELD, District Judge.

PRYOR, Circuit Judge:

This petition for review, filed by an Iranian who has converted from Islam to Christianity and claims to fear persecution in Iran where apostasy is punishable by death, places this Court between Scylla and Charybdis. A denial of review will return the petitioner to the theocratic regime in Iran, but an erroneous grant of review could establish a precedent that rewards less than genuine fears of persecution based on religious conversion. Hani...

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