{"id":198822,"date":"2025-12-22T23:05:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T23:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/198822\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T23:05:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T23:05:10","slug":"state-tv-and-guards-outlet-at-odds-over-iran-missile-test-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/198822\/","title":{"rendered":"State TV and Guards outlet at odds over Iran missile test reports"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cFor the first time, one of the first times in American history, what we\u2019re seeing here is they\u2019re not talking about only Iranian citizenship,\u201d Rahnama said appearing on Eye for Iran podcast.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat they\u2019re including in there is being born in Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rahnama said the change is being felt by non-citizens already inside the United States who are pursuing legal immigration pathways, including green cards, citizenship, asylum, and work authorization. <\/p>\n

He stressed that the shift does not stem from the passage of a new immigration law, but from how existing immigration processes are now being applied.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat has happened the last month from the last one policy is that the people who are inside the country who have applications pending\u2026 those applications are going to be halted now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

National security<\/p>\n

The developments are unfolding alongside President Donald Trump\u2019s expansion of his travel ban,<\/a> a policy that restricts the entry of foreign nationals from certain countries into the United States. <\/p>\n

Iran remains among the countries subject to a full suspension of entry for both immigrant and non-immigrant visas. The proclamation is formally written to apply to foreign nationals outside the United States who do not already hold valid visas and does not revoke visas issued before its effective date.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration has defended the expanded restrictions as a national security measure, citing concerns about weak vetting, unreliable records, and corruption in some countries. <\/p>\n

The measures are being described by authorities as a pause rather than a denial, but Rahnama warned that for many people, the distinction offers little comfort.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s happening is a pause,\u201d he said. \u201cBasically, your application is not being processed and just sitting in there.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said the consequences are particularly acute for Iranians living in the United States on temporary visas, where delays can directly jeopardize legal status.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you are on a visa, you probably wouldn\u2019t be able to renew that visa,\u201d Rahnama said. \u201cThat simply means that you have to leave the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

‘Running out of time’<\/p>\n

Rahnama also said the pause is not limited to early-stage cases. Some applications that were already approved, or close to completion, have been reopened or frozen.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of these cases that have already been either approved or in the process of an approval are being revisited,\u201d he said, describing instances in which applicants were removed from naturalization oath ceremonies despite having passed interviews and background checks.<\/p>\n

\"TrumpTrump admin’s green card review sparks fears of collective punishment<\/a><\/p>\n

Concerns over immigration processing inside the United States have also drawn scrutiny on Capitol Hill. More than 100 Democratic lawmakers have sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security and US Citizenship and Immigration Services condemning the cancellation of naturalization ceremonies and the halting of immigration applications for nationals of countries covered by the travel ban. <\/p>\n

The lawmakers cited cases in which individuals were pulled out of oath ceremonies moments before becoming US citizens and demanded transparency about the scope and duration of the pause.<\/p>\n

Rahnama said prolonged delays can function as de facto denials for people already living in the United States, even without a formal rejection.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor some people, that just basically means they\u2019re going to run out of time to be legally present in the US,\u201d he said. \u201cThat looks like denial\u2026 it would effectively feel like it.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that the broader impact now extends beyond asylum seekers or people attempting to enter the country, increasingly affecting families and individuals who have built their lives in the United States under existing immigration rules.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot only the asylum seekers this time are going to be affected,\u201d Rahnama said. \u201cThe people inside are going to be heavily affected.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cFor the first time, one of the first times in American history, what we\u2019re seeing here is they\u2019re…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198823,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,87,98127,98124,98123,20889,98125,59417,92,98122,98126,47,43,40,38,41,39,81563],"class_list":["post-198822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-iran","tag-iran-and-china","tag-iran-covid","tag-iran-economy","tag-iran-government","tag-iran-media-iran-and-the-united-states","tag-iran-news","tag-iran-nuclear","tag-iran-politics","tag-iran-us","tag-middle-east","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-us-sanctions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}