US authorities arrest relatives of late Iranian military commander who were living in Los Angeles
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“US federal agents have arrested the niece and grandniece of the late Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani”
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— Behesht-e Zahra (Persian: بهشت زهرا [beˈheʃtʰe zæhˈɹɒː]; lit. 'Paradise of Zahra') is the largest cemetery in Iran. Located in the southern part of metropolitan Tehran, it is connected to the city by …
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— This is an alphabetic list of notable people from Iran or its historical predecessors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Iranians
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“Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, revoked their lawful permanent resident status”
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“Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and her daughter are now in the custody of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)”
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— Soleimani Afshar and her daughter are in the custody of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), pending removal from the country.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgqkn4j48qdo?at_medium=RSS…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgqkn4j48qdo?at_medium=RSS…
“The mother-daughter pair are pending removal from the US after the US and Israeli militaries began waging war on Iran in late February”
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“The Trump administration has sought to revoke the legal immigration statuses of people aligned with enemies of the US”
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“Officials allege that Soleimani Afshar celebrated military strikes against American personnel and praised Iran’s new supreme leader after the US and Israel killed his predecessor, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei”
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“Soleimani Afshar is accused of labeling the US the 'Great Satan'”
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“Soleimani Afshar voiced 'unflinching support' for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)”
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“Soleimani Afshar maintained a 'lavish' lifestyle in Los Angeles, with US officials pointing at her Instagram account as evidence”
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“Her husband has been formally prohibited from entering the US”
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“Rubio terminated the legal status of Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani and her husband, Seyed Kalantar Motamedi”
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“Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani and Motamedi have since departed the US and are under a permanent entry ban”
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“Soleimani Afshar’s father was killed in a US drone strike in Baghdad in January 2020”
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“Qassem Soleimani was the most powerful man in Iran after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the country’s most influential military figure”
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“Qassem Soleimani commanded the elite Quds (Jerusalem) force of the IRGC”
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“Iran’s senior officials vowed to avenge Soleimani’s killing”
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“Iran’s president at the time, Ebrahim Raisi, stated in early 2023 that 'We have not and will not forget the blood of martyr Soleimani'”
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“Ebrahim Raisi said, 'The Americans must know that revenge for martyr Soleimani’s blood is certain'”
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“Ebrahim Raisi died in a 2024 helicopter crash”
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