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The U.S. State Department said the niece and expansive niece of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who had pb the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force, are present successful ICE custody.
Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and her girl were arrested aft the State Department terminated their greenish cards.
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The State Department said “as identified by some property reporting and her ain societal media commentary, Soleimani Afshar is an outspoken protagonist of the totalitarian, violent authorities successful Iran.” Ms. Afshar's hubby is besides banned from entering the U.S.
Ms. Afshar and her girl had been surviving a “lavish lifestyle” successful Los Angeles for galore years portion publically supporting the Iranian authorities and anti-American attacks, according to the statement.
U.S. revokes greenish cards and visas of respective Iranian nationals connected to Tehran govt.
The Trump medication has revoked the greenish cards oregon U.S. visas of astatine slightest 4 Iranian nationals connected to the existent oregon erstwhile Iranian government, including 2 who person been detained by migration authorities and are to beryllium deported.
The latest actions were taken conscionable this week erstwhile Secretary of State Marco Rubio determined they were nary longer eligible for either lawful imperishable nonmigratory status, oregon to participate the United States. The steps travel a determination precocious past twelvemonth successful which the visas of respective diplomats and staffers astatine Iran’s ngo to the United Nations were besides revoked.
