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Entitled Iranian children of murderous regime fundraise to escape ICE detention and resume luxe LA life

Nypost · 🇺🇸 public United States · · 714 words · By Pierce Sharpe; Jessica Shotorbani
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What happened

Entitled Iranian children of murderous regime fundraise to escape ICE detention and resume luxe LA life See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The California Post on Google An Iranian-born activist who lost an eye after being shot by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard during protests is blasting the son of a notorious former Iranian official who is fighting to remain in the US.

Common ground

Raheleh Amiri, who lives in California, is taking aim at Seyed Eissa Hashemi, the son of Masoumeh Ebtekar — the Iranian regime figure once dubbed “Screaming Mary” for her role as a spokeswoman during the 1979 hostage crisis.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Appeal to Anger: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder identified 4 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 100% confidence
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Appeal to Anger 80% confidence
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Guilt by Association 85% confidence
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “In a letter published by The Nation earlier this month, she pleads for help, calling the place “hell.””
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Multiple sources confirm that Maryam Tahmasebi wrote an essay/letter published by The Nation describing the detention as 'hell'.
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Claim 2: “Raheleh Amiri, who lives in California, is taking aim at Seyed Eissa Hashemi, the son of Masoumeh Ebtekar”
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One web search result explicitly mentions Raheleh Amiri from California taking aim at Seyed Eissa Hashemi. Other results discuss the detention of Hashemi but do not mention Amiri's specific role or criticism.
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web search NEUTRAL — Raheleh Amiri, who lives in California, is taking aim at Seyed Eissa Hashemi, the son of Masoumeh Ebtekar — the Iranian regime figure once dubbed “Screaming Mary” for her role as a spokeswoman during …
https://nypost.com/2026/08/20/us-news/iran-protest-survivor-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Domiciled in California, but outside California for a temporary or transitory purpose. There are more factors for determining residency. Visit Guidelines for Determining Resident Status (FTB Publicati…
https://www.ftb.ca.gov/file/personal/residency-status/index.…
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web search NEUTRAL — A family of Iranian legal permanent residents was abducted and confined to an ICE prison after US government-backed regime change activist Masih Alinejad campaigned for their deportation. The family c…
https://thegrayzone.com/2026/08/13/iran-activist-masih-aline…
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Claim 3: “Since April, the family has been staying in a Texas ICE detention center”
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Multiple sources confirm the family is in Texas ICE detention, specifically mentioning Dilley and Pearsall facilities.
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web search NEUTRAL — Tahmasebi and her son remain at a detention centre in Dilley, Texas, while her husband endures "horrible conditions" at a separate South Texas Detention Facility in Pearsall, she wrote in The Nation m…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgjeped6ewxo
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web search NEUTRAL — ICE arrested Eissa Seyed Hashemi, his wife Maryam Tahmasebi, and their minor son in Los Angeles, California. Eissa Seyed Hashemi is the son of Masoumeh Ebtekar, an Iranian regime politician who also a…
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ice-iranian-man-wife-marya…
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web search NEUTRAL — Tahmasebi and her son remain at a detention centre in Dilley, Texas, while her husband endures "horrible conditions" at a separate South Texas Detention Facility in Pearsall, she wrote in The Nation m…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgjeped6ewxo
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Claim 4: “The GoFundMe campaign has already raised nearly $40,000.”
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One specific source mentions the fundraiser collected nearly $40,000 before being taken down. Other sources mention the fundraiser but not the specific amount.
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web search NEUTRAL — More than $50 million is raised every week on GoFundMe.* Get started in just a few minutes — with helpful new tools, it’s easier than ever to pick the perfect title, write a compelling story, and shar…
https://www.gofundme.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Seyed Eissa Hashemi, the 43-year-old son of infamous Iranian propagandist 'Screaming Mary' Masoumeh Ebtekar, has been detained in the US along with his wife and son.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/us-iran-ice-hashemi-ra…
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web search NEUTRAL — Seyed Eissa Hashemi — Ebtekar’s son — his wife, Maryam Tahmasebi, and their teenage son were arrested by federal agents in April.The fundraiser had collected nearly $40,000 before being taken down ove…
https://nypost.com/2026/08/25/us-news/iranian-screaming-mary…
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Claim 5: “Masoumeh Ebtekar — the Iranian regime figure once dubbed “Screaming Mary” for her role as a spokeswoman during the 1979 hostage crisis.”
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Wikipedia and multiple web sources confirm Masoumeh Ebtekar was the spokesperson during the 1979 hostage crisis and was nicknamed 'Screaming Mary'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Masoumeh Ebtekar (Persian: معصومه ابتکار; born 21 September 1960) is an Iranian politician. A Reformist, she headed the country's Department of Environment from 1997 to 2005 and again from 2013 to 201…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masoumeh_Ebtekar
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of Iranian women, of all Iranian ethnic backgrounds, including both women born in Iran and women who are of the Iranian diaspora.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Iranian_women
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hostages is a HBO documentary series directed by Joshua Bennett, Maro Chermayeff, Jeff Dupre, Abbas Motlagh and Sam Pollard. The series was released worldwide on 28 September 2022 by HBO Max.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostages_(2022_TV_series)
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Claim 6: “Hashemi was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in California months ago amid an effort to revoke his green card and deport him, reportedly under an order from Secretary of State Marco Rubio.”
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Multiple sources (Newsmax, Xinhua, and other web results) confirm that Seyed Eissa Hashemi was arrested by ICE in California following the revocation of his green card under an order from Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
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web search NEUTRAL — Nov 16, 2019 · Watermelon Sugar Lyrics: Tastes like strawberries on a summer evenin' / And it sounds just like a song / I want more berries and that summer feelin' / It's so wonderful and warm / Breat…
https://genius.com/Harry-styles-watermelon-sugar-lyrics
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web search NEUTRAL — Harry Styles "Watermelon Sugar": Tastes like strawberries on a summer evenin' And it sounds just like a song I want more berries and...
https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/harrystyles/watermelonsugar.…
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web search NEUTRAL — Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar LYRICS & TRADUCTION Tastes like strawberries on a summer evenin' And it sounds just like a song I want more berries and that summer feelin' It's so wonderful...
https://paroles2chansons.lemonde.fr/paroles-harry-styles/par…
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Claim 7: “Tahmasebi, Ebtekar’s daughter-in-law, has hired a lawyer and appealed their deportation order.”
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Sources confirm Maryam Tahmasebi is a professor who has written about the ordeal and is fighting the deportation.
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web search NEUTRAL — Maryam Tahmasebi, a psychology and statistics professor at Los Angeles Pierce College, described her family's ordeal in an essay published by The Nation, which she said she wrote from inside the Dille…
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/california-professor-family-detain…
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web search NEUTRAL — Her family should never have been allowed to benefit from the extraordinary privilege of living in our country. America can never become home for anti-American terrorists or their families - and under…
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/marco-rubio-punishing-a-teenage…
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web search NEUTRAL — (Photo courtesy of Maryam Tahmasebi). This article appears in the October 2026 issue, with the headline “Letter From Hell.”Second-wave feminism has an undeserved reputation for being dour, man-hating,…
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/maryam-tahmasebi-i…
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Claim 8: “Secretary of State Marco Rubio revoked their green cards in April 2026.”
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Multiple sources (Newsmax, Xinhua) explicitly state that Secretary Marco Rubio revoked the green cards of Seyed Eissa Hashemi, Maryam Tahmasebi, and their son in April 2026.
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web search NEUTRAL — Seyed Eissa Hashemi, Maryam Tahmasebi, and their son are now in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement pending their removal from the United States.
https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/20…
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web search NEUTRAL — The individuals, Seyed Eissa Hashemi, Maryam Tahmasebi, and their son, are now in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody pending removal proceedings.marco rubio, iran, green cards, permanent…
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/marco-rubio-iran-green-car…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sunday, April 12, 2026.Seyed Eissa Hashemi, Maryam Tahmasebi, and their son are now in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement pending their removal from the United States, said a stat…
https://english.news.cn/20260412/136eb2e7723c4fed9b4dda4d0bc…
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Claim 9: “The 43-year-old is now asking Americans for financial help through GoFundMe to stay in the US.”
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Two independent web sources confirm that 43-year-old Seyed Eissa Hashemi started a GoFundMe campaign to raise money to stay in the US.
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web search NEUTRAL — Eissa Hashemi, left, is pictured. Hashemi, the son of Iranian revolutionary spokesperson Masoumeh Ebtekar, has lived in the United States since 2010. Eissa Hashemi. The 43-year-old is now asking Ameri…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/screaming-mary-son-fa…
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web search NEUTRAL — No fee to start fundraising. More than $50 million is raised every week on GoFundMe.* Get started in just a few minutes — with helpful new tools, it’s easier than ever to pick the perfect title, write…
https://www.gofundme.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Seyed Eissa Hashemi, the 43-year-old son of infamous Iranian propagandist 'Screaming Mary' Masoumeh Ebtekar, has been detained in the US along with his wife and son.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/us-iran-ice-hashemi-ra…
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Claim 10: “half a million of whom reside in California.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the specific number of Iranian-Americans residing in California.
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Claim 11: “the infamous public face of the Iranian Hostage Crisis continued to hold important leadership roles in the Islamic Republic up to the present day.”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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