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| Leeds Kurdish teenager Hossein Ahmadi wins asylum appeal | Leeds Kurdish teenager Hossein Ahmadi wins asylum appeal |
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| A Kurdish teenager facing deportation from the UK has been given five years' leave to remain by the Home Office. | A Kurdish teenager facing deportation from the UK has been given five years' leave to remain by the Home Office. |
| Hossein Ahmadi had said that because of his family's politics he feared he would be "executed or imprisoned" if he was forced to return to Iran. | |
| In November the Home Office rejected his application for asylum and told him it was safe for him to return. | In November the Home Office rejected his application for asylum and told him it was safe for him to return. |
| However, on Tuesday an appeals panel reversed that decision and said Mr Ahmadi could stay in the UK for now. | |
| The Home Office has been asked for a comment on the case. | The Home Office has been asked for a comment on the case. |
| After the hearing Mr Ahmadi said: "I still can't believe it's true, but he (the judge) gave me five years leave to remain. | After the hearing Mr Ahmadi said: "I still can't believe it's true, but he (the judge) gave me five years leave to remain. |
| "It's feels like my first day of coming [back] to life, now I can go to sleep because I haven't slept really for two or three weeks now, so now I can sleep well." | "It's feels like my first day of coming [back] to life, now I can go to sleep because I haven't slept really for two or three weeks now, so now I can sleep well." |
| Mr Ahmadi is studying performing arts at Leeds City College and said dozens of his college colleagues had attended the hearing. | Mr Ahmadi is studying performing arts at Leeds City College and said dozens of his college colleagues had attended the hearing. |
| He said: "There were two coaches, I think there were 90 people and they really supported me and I feel really positive." | He said: "There were two coaches, I think there were 90 people and they really supported me and I feel really positive." |
| Mr Ahmadi's foster mother Sally said: "It's such a relief. | Mr Ahmadi's foster mother Sally said: "It's such a relief. |
| "To have a decision made today rather than have to wait two weeks, what an early Christmas present." | "To have a decision made today rather than have to wait two weeks, what an early Christmas present." |
| Mr Ahmadi said he feared for his safety in Iran following the death of his father. | Mr Ahmadi said he feared for his safety in Iran following the death of his father. |
| He was also called Hossein and was killed, when the teenager was a baby, for his links to the Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran. | He was also called Hossein and was killed, when the teenager was a baby, for his links to the Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran. |