US EditionICE detains relatives of 1979 Iran hostage crisis figure after Rubio revokes their legal status
The State Department said the family was tied to Masoumeh Ebtekar, a former Iranian official linked to the 1979 embassy hostage crisis.
- On Saturday, April 11, 2026, Secretary of State Marco Rubio revoked the green cards of Seyed Eissa Hashemi, Maryam Tahmasebi, and their son, placing all three in ICE custody pending removal from the United States.
- Hashemi is the son of Masoumeh Ebtekar, known as 'Screaming Mary' by American media for her role as English-speaking spokeswoman for the 1979 Tehran embassy hostage-takers who held 52 Americans captive for 444 days.
- The Obama administration granted the family visas in 2014 and awarded them green cards in 2016 through the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program, months after the IRGC seized two U.S. Navy vessels and captured 10 sailors.
- Last week, Rubio revoked green cards for Hamideh Afshar Soleimani, niece of late IRGC commander Qasem Soleimani, and also terminated status for Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani, daughter of deceased Iranian official Ali Larijani.
- The Trump administration suspended the diversity visa program in December 2025 as part of an enforcement-first strategy to prevent foreign nationals tied to anti-American regimes from residing in the United States.
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On the grounds of being relatives of a terrorist, Marco Rubio ordered the expulsion of three Iranian immigrants permanently residing in the United States.
"Screaming Mary's" Family Are Going Home to Iran
The United States has revoked the green cards and detained the family of the Iranian regime propagandist known as “Screaming Mary,” the State Department said on Saturday. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is preparing to deport Seyed Eissa Hashemi, Maryam Tahmasebi, and their son, the department said in a statement. Unbelievably, Hashemi and his wife both worked as professors at The Chicago School in Los Angeles. Remarkably, Obama’s administra…
L.A. family linked to Iranian Revolutionary 'propagandist' arrested by feds
The U.S. Department of State on Saturday announced it canceled the green cards of three more Iranian nationals and placed them in custody of federal immigration agents, noting their ties to a former Iranian politician.
Three Iranians with Family Ties to 1979 Hostage Drama Arrested in LA
Three prominent Iranians who had been granted permanent legal status to live in the United States by the Obama administration — including a man whose mother was the spokeswoman for the students who took Americans hostage in Tehran in 1979 — have been arrested in Los Angeles and will be deported, U.S. officials said Saturday. “ICE arrested Eissa Seyed Hashemi, his wife Maryam Tahmasebi, and their son Seyed Mobin Hashemi in Los Angeles, California…
Rubio Revokes Iranians' Green Cards, ICE Takes Custody
Federal agents this week arrested three Iranian nationals after Secretary of State Marco Rubio revoked their lawful permanent resident status, according to a State Department press release issued Saturday.
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