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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Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Saturday that the U.S. had terminated the lawful permanent resident (LPR) status of three Iranian nationals connected to Masoumeh Ebtekar, a former Iranian propaganda mouthpiece who served as primarily spokeswoman for the militants who seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979. Seyed Eissa Hashemi, Maryam Tahmasebi, and their son were arrested by federal agents this week and are now in the custody of U.S.…
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US Revokes Green Card of Iranian Whose Mother Was Involved in 1979 Hostage Crisis
Three Iranian nationals with ties to the Iranian regime were arrested this week after the U.S. government ended their lawful permanent resident statuses. Seyed Eissa Hashemi, Maryam Tahmasebi, and their son are in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) until they are removed from the United States, according to the U.S. State Department. Eissa Hashemi is the son of Masoumeh Ebtekar, whom Secretary of State Marco Rubio iden…
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