(Eagle News)–The Department of Justice has granted the request by the Iranian beauty queen who was denied entry to the Philippines and has been stranded in the Ninoy Aquino International Airport to be recognized as a refugee. In a letter to Bahareh Zare Bahari, Rosario Elena Laborte-Cuevas, officer-in-charge of the Refugees and Stateless Persons Protection Unit, Rosario Elena Laborte-Cuevas, said the recognition was given to the former Miss Iran under the 1951 Convention Relating to […]
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Iranian beauty queen barred from entering PHL
(Eagle News)–An Iranian beauty queen was prevented from entering the country. Justice spokesperson Markk Perete said Bahare Zare Bahari was barred from entering the Philippines because of an interpol red notice issued against her, according to information from the Bureau of Immigration. Perete said the red notice was based on a criminal case for assault filed against her in Iran by a fellow Iranian. The assault allegedly happened here in the Philippines, he said. “While […]





