https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15706499/Hamideh-Soleimani-Afshar-qasem-niece-iran-green-card-ice.html
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Both women are related to Iranian general Qasem Soleimani (pictured), who was killed by a US drone strike at Baghdad Airport in January 2020
The niece and grand-niece of a notorious late Iranian general have been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Los Angeles and had their green cards revoked.
Hamideh Soleimani Afshar, 47, and her daughter Sarinasadat Hosseiny, 25, were detained by ICE on Friday while living in the City of Angels.
Afshar had celebrated the deaths of US soldiers during President Donald Trump's ongoing war with Iran, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.
Rubio added that the permanent resident status that allowed them to live indefinitely in the United States was revoked and that they will be deported at the first available opportunity.
He wrote: 'Until recently, Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and her daughter were green card holders living lavishly in the United States.
'Afshar is the niece of deceased Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani. She is also an outspoken supporter of the Iranian regime who celebrated attacks on Americans and referred to our country as the "Great Satan."
'This week, I terminated both Afshar and her daughter's legal status and they are now in ICE custody, pending removal from the United States.
'The Trump Administration will not allow our country to become a home for foreign nationals who support anti-American terrorist regimes.'
Hamideh Soleimani Afshar, pictured, and her daughter have both been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in LA and had their green cards revoked
Afshar is pictured in riding in a blue Hummer. She and her daughter lived in Los Angeles before their arrest
Afshar's daughter, Sarinasadat Hosseiny, was originally let into the country under a student visa in 2015
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the two women's arrest and impending removal from the United States on his X account on Saturday
Afshar is the niece of Qasem Soleimani.
He was one of Iran's most powerful military figures and was the commander of the Quds force when he was killed by a US Reaper drone strike ordered by President Trump at Baghdad Airport in January 2020.
A press release issued by the State Department further accused Afshar of 'promoting Iranian regime propaganda'.
It said she had 'praised the new Iranian Supreme Leader, denounced America as the "Great Satan" and voiced her unflinching support for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a designated terrorist organization.'
The Department of Homeland Security told Fox News that Afshar entered the US in June 2015 on a tourist visa. Hosseiny came with her mother but on a student visa. In 2019, a judge then granted both women asylum and in 2021, they became green card holders.
DHS further stated that in a July 2025 naturalization application, Afshar disclosed that she had traveled to Iran at least four times since being issued her green card, which made her asylum claims 'fraudulent', DHS said.
'It is a privilege to be granted green card to live in the United States of America. If we have reason to believe a green card holder poses a threat to the U.S., the green card will be revoked,' DHS said in a statement.
Notably, DHS has not accused Hosseiny of asylum fraud or making statements against the United States. The Daily Mail approached the agency for further comment.
Rubio said the State Department had been alerted to Afshar's antics by her posts about Iran and the United States on her since-deleted Instagram account.
Afhsar's home in Tujunga, Los Angeles, is pictured. She bought the property for $505,000 in 2021 and it is now worth $740,000
Afshar also faced a far less severe penalty for her ranting and raving than Iranians who attack their government, with tens of thousands of protesters murdered at the orders of the Ayatollah in recent years.
Public records list Afshar as living at a $740,000 home in the Tujunga neighborhood of Los Angeles.
She bought the house for $505,000 in September 2021 with a $365,000 mortgage.
The modest property has two bedrooms and two baths but it smartly decorated inside.
It sits on a hill that affords it a stunning view across the Crescenta Valley and Verdugo Mountains.
In one video posted online, Afshar was filmed speaking in Farsi with the distinctive wall-mounted plate decorations in her living room visible in the background.
Afshar's anti-American rhetoric stepped up in recent weeks, after President Trump began bombing Iran on February 28.
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