Son of Former Iranian President and His Family Arrested in US, Green Cards Revoked
The son of a former Iranian vice president and his family of three have been arrested in the United States, and their green cards have been revoked. His mother was a spokesperson during the 1979 U.S. Embassy hostage crisis. The U.S. State Department announced that the family is not entitled to live in the U.S. and is pending deportation.
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The State Department issued a statement saying that Seyed Eissa Hashemi, son of former Iranian President Masoumeh Ebtekar, his wife Maryam Tahmasebi, and their son have been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and are awaiting deportation.
Ebtekar, known as 'Screaming Mary,' was the English-language spokesperson for the Islamist militants who stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took hostages in 1979.
The State Department noted that as the chief spokesperson and media liaison for the hostage-takers, Ebtekar 'orchestrated a false propaganda campaign presenting the hostages as being treated humanely, arranging staged interviews for the stressed American hostages, forcing them to describe their experiences positively, even as they were subjected to solitary confinement, blindfolds, starvation, and physical and psychological torture including beatings and mock executions.'
Ebtekar later rose to high levels in the Tehran regime, serving as Iran's vice president from 2017 to 2021.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio posted on social media platform X yesterday, saying: 'This family should never have been granted the privilege of living in our country. America must never be a home for anti-American terrorists or their families. It would never happen under a Trump administration.'
Rubio stated that the Hashemi family entered the U.S. on visas obtained in 2014.
The State Department added that in June 2016, months after Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) seized two U.S. Navy vessels and detained 10 U.S. sailors, the administration of then-President Barack Obama granted the three Iranians permanent residency through the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program. (Compiled by Hung Chi-yuan) 1150412
Ebtekar, known as 'Screaming Mary,' was the English-language spokesperson for the Islamist militants who stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took hostages in 1979.
The State Department noted that as the chief spokesperson and media liaison for the hostage-takers, Ebtekar 'orchestrated a false propaganda campaign presenting the hostages as being treated humanely, arranging staged interviews for the stressed American hostages, forcing them to describe their experiences positively, even as they were subjected to solitary confinement, blindfolds, starvation, and physical and psychological torture including beatings and mock executions.'
Ebtekar later rose to high levels in the Tehran regime, serving as Iran's vice president from 2017 to 2021.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio posted on social media platform X yesterday, saying: 'This family should never have been granted the privilege of living in our country. America must never be a home for anti-American terrorists or their families. It would never happen under a Trump administration.'
Rubio stated that the Hashemi family entered the U.S. on visas obtained in 2014.
The State Department added that in June 2016, months after Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) seized two U.S. Navy vessels and detained 10 U.S. sailors, the administration of then-President Barack Obama granted the three Iranians permanent residency through the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program. (Compiled by Hung Chi-yuan) 1150412