US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), on Friday, arrested the niece and grand niece of slain Iranian mastermind Gen. Qasem Soleimani. Taking to X, US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio said the niece, Afshar is “outspoken supporter of the Iranian regime who celebrated attacks on Americans and referred to our country as the “Great Satan.”
Rubio said that this week – he 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,” Rubio wrote in his X post.
Qasem Soleimani, who led the IRGC, was killed in a drone strike ordered by President Trump near the Baghdad International Airport in Iraq in 2020
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