The U.S. Department of State on Saturday announced it canceled the green cards of three more Iranian nationals and placed them in custody of federal immigration agents, noting their ties to a former Iranian politician. The State Department described her as a “leading propagandist” for “violent Islamists.”Ebtekar, after her role in the hostage crisis, went on to become a reformist politician in Iran who pushed for environmental protections and women’s rights. AdvertisementSecretary of State Marco Rubio said on social media that the Obama administration had granted visas to Ebtekar’s son and his family to enter the U.S. Rubio’s social media posts and the State Department’s release did not note any crimes by the three individuals to warrant their arrest, only mentioning their familial ties. “Her family should never have been allowed to benefit from the extraordinary privilege of living in our country,” Rubio said in a post on X.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 12, 2026 01:31 UTC