Rubio Revokes Visas And Green Cards Of At Least Four Iranian Nationals

The Trump administration has revoked nan greenish cards aliases U.S. visas of astatine slightest 4 Iranian nationals connected to nan existent aliases erstwhile Iranian government, including 2 who person been detained by migration authorities and are group for deportation.

These latest actions were taken this week erstwhile Secretary of State Marco Rubio wished nan individuals were nary longer eligible for lawful imperishable resident position aliases to participate nan United States.

This follows a move precocious past twelvemonth successful which visas for respective diplomats and staffers astatine Iran’s ngo to nan United Nations were besides rescinded.

In a connection connected Saturday, nan State Department confirmed that Hamideh Soleimani Afshar, niece of Qassem Soleimani – nan erstwhile Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps main killed successful a 2020 U.S. airstrike adjacent Baghdad airdrome – and her girl were arrested precocious Friday by migration agents aft Rubio revoked their greenish cards.

"Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and her girl are now successful nan custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement," nan connection said, adding that Afshar’s hubby has besides been banned from entering nan United States.

Afshar and her girl had been surviving a "lavish lifestyle" successful Los Angeles for galore years while publically supporting nan Iranian authorities and anti-American attacks, according to nan statement.

She is "an outspoken protagonist of nan Iranian authorities who celebrated attacks connected Americans and referred to our state arsenic nan "Great Satan," Rubio said successful a station connected X. "The Trump management will not let our state to go a location for overseas nationals who support anti-American violent regimes."

The Iranian ngo to nan U.N. had nary remark Saturday.

Afshar and her girl are conscionable nan latest Iranians to person their ineligible position successful nan U.S. rescinded by Rubio.

He precocious revoked nan visas of Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani, an world and girl of Iran’s erstwhile nationalist information advisor Ali Larijani, who was killed successful a U.S.-Israel airstrike past month. Her husband, Seyed Kalantar Motamedi, besides had his visa revoked, nan State Department said.

Neither is still successful nan U.S.

In early December, good earlier nan surge of anti-government protests successful Iran and nan commencement of nan war, nan State Department revoked aliases declined to renew visas of respective Iranian diplomats, including nan lawman ambassador, and staffers astatine Iran’s ngo to nan United Nations.

The section said Friday that action had been taken connected Dec. 4 but declined to remark further "for privateness and information reasons" isolated from to statement that it was unrelated to either nan protests aliases nan war.