Overview
- Hashemi, his wife Maryam Tahmasebi, and their son were placed in ICE custody pending deportation after Saturday’s order ended their lawful permanent residency.
- The State Department tied the family to Iran’s government and highlighted that Hashemi’s mother, Masoumeh Ebtekar, served as the English‑language spokeswoman for the 1979 embassy hostage‑takers.
- The family entered the United States in 2014 and received green cards in June 2016 through the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program, and both adults taught at The Chicago School in Los Angeles.
- Officials said the action follows recent terminations affecting relatives of Qasem Soleimani who remain detained and the daughter of Ali Larijani and her husband who have left the country and are barred from return.
- The announcement came as a two‑week U.S.–Iran truce holds and talks proceed in Islamabad, placing domestic immigration enforcement in the context of war‑time diplomacy.