---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 8771"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "8771"
heading: "Exclusion of citizens of Iran seeking education relating to the nuclear and energy sectors of Iran"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/8771"
units:
  - "Chapter 94 — Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights"
  - "Subchapter V — Miscellaneous"
---

# §8771. Exclusion of citizens of Iran seeking education relating to the nuclear and energy sectors of Iran

- (a) **In general—** The Secretary of State shall deny a visa to, and the [Secretary](/usc/22/277d–43.md?p=5) of Homeland Security shall exclude from the United States, any alien who is a citizen of Iran that the Secretary of State determines seeks to enter the United States to participate in coursework at an institution of higher education (as defined in [section 1001(a) of title 20](/usc/20/1001.md?p=a)) to prepare the alien for a career in the energy sector of Iran or in nuclear science or nuclear engineering or a related field in Iran.
- (b) **Applicability—** [Subsection (a)](#a) applies with respect to visa applications filed on or after August 10, 2012.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 112–158, title V, § 501, Aug. 10, 2012, 126 Stat. 1258.)

## Notes

### Termination of Section

For termination of section, see section 8785(a) of this title.