Trump administration arrests family of prominent spokesperson in Iranian Revolution - BERITAJA

U.S. Department of State connected Saturday announced it canceled the greenish cards of three much Iranian nationals and placed them successful custody of national migration agents, alleging they had ties to an Iranian female who was “the starring propagandist” for “violent Islamists.”

The 3 Iranians arrested, Seyed Eissa Hashemi, Maryam Tahmasebi, and their son, were based successful the Los Angeles area, and are now successful the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Their apprehension comes amid an escalating migration crackdown by the Trump management to portion imperishable lawful residency position from Iranians pinch alleged ties to the Islamic Regime, which truthful acold has consisted of arresting relatives of salient Iranian figures.

Hashemi, the State Department said, is the boy of Masoumeh Ebtekar, who gained fame arsenic a spokeswoman for militants who stormed the U.S. embassy successful Tehran successful 1979 successful support of the Islamic Revolution.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said connected societal media that the Obama Administration had granted visas to Ebtekar’s boy and his family to participate the U.S. They received lawful imperishable residency successful June 2016, Rubio said.

Rubio’s societal media posts and the State Department’s merchandise did not statement immoderate crimes by the 3 individuals to warrant their arrest, different than their humor ties.

“Her family should ne'er person been allowed to use from the bonzer privilege of surviving successful our country,” Rubio said successful a station connected X. “America could ne'er go location for anti-American terrorists aliases their families - and nether the Trump Administration, it ne'er will.”

The State Department announced akin arrests a week agone of 2 Los Angeles-based relatives of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimania, who was killed successful a U.S. drone onslaught successful 2020.