Yeesh, this is kind of scary. A 28-year old American (with Iranian parents--like me) was just convicted in Iran of being a spy... all because he was visiting his grandparents in Iran and he happened to be an ex-Marine. The U.S. State Department is demanding his release, but Iran says they're going to execute him.
Meanwhile, in red-tape land... My mom called the embassy again to find out why I haven't gotten my new Iranian papers yet. They told her that they had done "their job" and sent the required forms to Iran and now it was in Iran's hands. She asked if there was some way to ask about the status of the application and they said there was no way to track that information since it was out of their hands already and they had done "their job." So... I guess I just keep waiting. I think it's been over 6 months now.
