The niece of slain Iranian mastermind Gen. Qasem Soleimani, who showcased her luxe LA lifestyle on Instagram while bashing the US as the “Great Satan,” was arrested along with her daughter by ICE agents, the State Department announced Saturday.
Hamideh Soleimani Afshar, who celebrated attacks on US soldiers and military bases in social media posts, and her daughter were nabbed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Friday as part of a push by the US to revoke green cards of foreign nationals with ties to the Iranian regime.
The niece and grandniece of slain Iranian mastermind Gen. Qasem Soleimani were arrested by US officials, the State Department announced Saturday. Getty Images
“While living in the United States, she promoted Iranian regime propaganda, celebrated attacks against American soldiers and military facilities in the Middle East, praised the new Iranian Supreme Leader, denounced America as the “Great Satan,’ and voiced her unflinching support for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, a designated terror organization,” a State Department letter confirming the arrests read.
The State Department referenced Afshar’s extravagant Los Angeles lifestyle which was allegedly frequently documented on her recently deleted Instagram account.
Afshar’s husband, who was not named by the State Department, is also now barred from entering the United States.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio celebrated the removal order — as the joint US-Israel war with Iran entered its sixth week.
“The Trump Administration will not allow our country to become a home for foreign nationals who support anti-American terrorist regimes,” Rubio wrote on X.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio celebrated the order on X Saturday. via REUTERS
Last month, the State Department also terminated the legal status of Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larjiani, the daughter of former Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran Ali Larjiani.
Larijana, a regime hardliner who was considered the de facto leader following the Israeli attack that assasinated Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed by joint US and Israeli airstrikes on March 16.
Qasem Soleimani, who led the notorious Iranian Revolutionary Guard, was killed in a drone strike ordered by President Trump in Iraq in 2020 near the Baghdad International Airport in Iraq.