Iranian Niece of Soleimani Detained, Facing Deportation

0:00On April 6, Hamaday Salimani Afshar, 47, niece of the late Iranian commander, Kassim Salimani, in her 25-year-old daughter, Sarah Nasidot Husaini, got detained by ICE in Los Angeles on Friday. Their green cards got revoked, and now they're facing deportation after Secretary of State Marco Rubio called out Afshar for backing the Iranian, regime in cheering attacks on American troops. These two have been living large in the US, posting about luxury trips, designer gear, and parties in places like Las Vegas and Miami. Afshar came here on a tourist visa back in June 2015, got asylum in 2019, and snagged her green card in 2021 under. The Biden team are daughter-followed in 2023 on a student visa. Public reactions split quick, with the State Department blasting Afshar for pushing regime propaganda online while enjoying American perks, including trips back to Iran that undercut her asylum story.

1:02Meanwhile, Salimani's actual family in Iran denied any blood tie, saying the US claims are bogus and they've never lived stateside. New details show Afshar owned a home in L.A.s to Junga area, bought for $505,000 in 2021, now worth $700. 40,000. Her husband got barred from entry, too, and this fits Trump's push to boot out regime supporters amid fresh strikes on Iran. As tensions boil over with Iran, these deportations signals zero tolerance for ties to tear figures like Salimani killed in that 2020. Drone hit expect more moves like this to keep rolling.