Overview
- ICE detained Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and her daughter in Los Angeles on Friday after Secretary of State Marco Rubio terminated their lawful permanent resident status.
- The State Department says Afshar used social media to praise Iran’s leaders and the IRGC, celebrate attacks on U.S. forces, and denounce America as the “Great Satan.”
- DHS says Afshar arrived on a tourist visa in 2015, gained asylum in 2019, got a green card in 2021, and disclosed at least four trips back to Iran in a 2025 naturalization filing that officials say undercut her asylum claim.
- Officials say Afshar’s husband is barred from entering the U.S., and they note that earlier this month Fatemeh Ardeshir‑Larijani and her husband lost their status, left the country, and are barred from reentry.
- The administration frames these actions as national‑security steps during wartime, while some coverage highlights free‑speech and due‑process concerns raised by rights advocates.