that is samira asgari, a research scientist hoping to study infectious diseases in boston.er that she is allowed to travel. thanks to the fa ct allowed to travel. thanks to the fact that she is an iranians national. let's speak to our washignton correspondent gary 0'dnoghue. as the white has been surprised by the international reaction to this ought ina the international reaction to this ought in a sense has this been a jackie what they hoped for? they are still firmly defending what the action of donald trump is. there is no sign of them backing down on this. they cannot have expected there to be no reaction at all and clearly people being banned from the country, people will be unhappy about that but they will argue that this is necessary for national security, that in most cases it is a temporary measure while they institute or set up this new process of so—called extreme vetting. and of course, they say that they have the right to decide who comes in and who doesn't come in. like any country. they also point out that there are a number of muslim countries not part of th

earlier, i spoke to samira asgari in lausanne.e us, where she'd been invited for post—graduate training. it was an extreme shock. i've been preparing for this position for months now. my visa came and i was ready to go, and i am there at the gate to take my flight to boston, and i'm not allowed to go. of course, i was shocked and frustrated. who spoke to you about a? what did they say? yell like i was at the gate and scanned my boarding pass, but they did not let me pass through. a man who was waiting for me, called me by my last name and asked if i could talk to him a few metres away from the airline front desk. he told me that they had orders and that my visa is not valid any more. i said that it was. he responded that it was the american government who issues the visas and the minute they change their mind, they are not valid any more and they have changed their mind. from saturday morning, no iranians can basically go to america and that my visa is not valid for travel any more. i still insisted that my visa is valid, so when

joining us on the phone is an iranian scientist, samira asgari, who was unable to board a plane to boston she was supposed to begin a new job at brigham & young women's hospital. what happened to you? >> i was connecting via frankfurt, in line to board my flight. right after i scanned my boarding pass, i was called by a gentleman that was standing there, called me by my name. he asked me if we can talk and told me that my visa is not valid for travel to united states. i responded back that my visa clearly states it's valid and he told me that it's the government of the united states that decides to issue the visas and they can change their mind the moment they wish so. and my luggage had been unloaded already from the flight. i should go back to the help desk to ask about my luggage and book a return ticket to geneva. >> what's it been like since then? how did you feel as all of this is happening to you? >> i was shocked. i mean, i couldn't even believe this is happening. i was like, it's not real. i was extremely shocked and after i sat for a few minutes to digest the news that came righ