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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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…
Marco Rubio revokes green cards of Iran-linked trio
Washington: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has terminated the lawful permanent resident status of three Iranian nationals with alleged ties to figures associated with Iran’s revolutionary regime, leading to their arrest and detention pending removal, the State Department said. Seyed Eissa Hashemi, Maryam Tahmasebi, and their son were taken into custody by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement after their legal status was revoked. Authorities…
Iranian family with ties to 1979 hostage crisis arrested by ICE in LA, set to be deported, DHS says
Three Iranians related to the spokeswoman for the Islamic terrorists who stormed the U.S. Embassy in 1979 and held 52 Americans hostage were arrested and are facing deportation, according to Marco Rubio.
"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…
On the grounds of being relatives of a terrorist, Marco Rubio ordered the expulsion of three Iranian immigrants permanently residing in the United States.
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