The US State Department has revoked the green cards of three Iranian nationals, including the son of a revolutionary involved in the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, and federal agents have arrested them, the department announced on Saturday.
Seyed Eissa Hashemi, whose mother was a spokesperson for Iran during the hostage crisis, had his green card revoked along with his wife and son. The State Department referred to Hashemi's mother as 'Screaming Mary', calling her a 'notorious propagandist'. Hashemi entered the US in 2014 and obtained permanent residency in 2016 through the diversity visa program, which the Trump administration has since ended.
In a statement, the State Department said: 'The Trump administration will never allow America to become a home for foreign nationals tied to anti-American terrorist regimes.'
The arrests follow similar actions against Hamideh Soleimani Afshar, niece of slain Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, and Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani, daughter of former security chief Ali Larijani. Both had their green cards revoked and were arrested earlier in April.
The US and Iran recently agreed to a two-week ceasefire, but President Trump accused Iran of failing to allow sufficient oil through the Strait of Hormuz, saying: 'That is not the agreement we have!'
