U.S. Detains Family Tied to Iranian Regime Ahead of Deportation

ICE detained Seyed Eissa Hashemi, his wife Maryam Tahmasebi, and their son and revoked their green cards ahead of deportation; Hashemi is the son of Iranian official Masoumeh Ebtekar, and the family had been in the U.S. since 2014, gaining permanent residency in 2016 via the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program—the program Trump ended in 2025. The move is framed as part of broader Iran-linked deportations, alongside other cases involving relatives of Iranian officials, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio criticizing allowing such individuals to reside in the U.S.