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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 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.
Iran-Israel LIVE updates connected April 4, 2026
In a connection connected Saturday (April 4, 2026), the State Department said the niece and grand-niece of erstwhile Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps main Qassem Soleimani, who was killed successful a U.S. airstrike adjacent the Baghdad airdrome successful 2020, had been arrested precocious Friday (April 3, 2026) by migration agents aft Mr. Rubio revoked their greenish cards.
“Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and her girl are present successful the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,” the connection said, adding that Ms. Afshar's hubby has besides been banned from entering the United States.
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.
She is “an outspoken protagonist of the Iranian authorities who celebrated attacks connected Americans and referred to our state arsenic the “Great Satan,” Ms. Rubio said successful a station connected X. “The Trump medication volition not let our state to go a location for overseas nationals who enactment anti-American violent regimes.” The Iranian ngo to the UN had nary remark Saturday (April 4, 2026).
Ms. Afshar and her girl are conscionable the latest Iranians to person their ineligible presumption successful the U.S. rescinded by Ms. Rubio, who precocious revoked the visas of Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani, an world and the girl of Iran's erstwhile nationalist information advisor Ali Larijani who was killed successful a US-Israel airstrike past month. Her husband, Seyed Kalantar Motamedi, besides had his visa revoked, the State Department said. Neither are inactive successful the U.S. In aboriginal December, good earlier the surge of anti-government protests successful Iran and the commencement of the war, the State Department revoked oregon declined to renew visas of respective Iranian diplomats, including the lawman ambassador, and staffers astatine Iran's ngo to the United Nations.
The section said Friday (April 3, 2026) that enactment had been taken connected December 4 but declined to remark further “for privateness and information reasons” but to enactment that it was unrelated to either the protests oregon the war.
