U.S. Moves to Deport Son of Prominent Figure in Iranian Revolution [View all]

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/us/politics/deportation-iranian-revolution.html




Federal agents arrested a man whose mother served as a spokeswoman for the Islamist embassy captors during the hostage crisis that began in 1979.

The Trump administration arrested and said it would deport the son of an Iranian woman who gained fame as a spokeswoman for the Iranian militants who stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran in 1979.

Federal agents arrested Seyed Eissa Hashemi, his wife, Maryam Tahmasebi, and their son, who was not identified by name, after the United States this week revoked their permanent resident status, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Saturday. The three are now in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement pending deportation.

A State Department statement on the matter did not accuse the three arrested of any specific unlawful or harmful acts but stated that the Trump administration “will never allow America to become a home for foreign nationals tied to anti-American terrorist regimes.”

Mr. Hashemi is the son of Masoumeh Ebtekar, who served as the English-language spokeswoman for the Islamist embassy captors during the 444-day hostage crisis. Mr. Hashemi had been the subject of recent reports in conservative media outlets that portrayed him as living comfortably in Los Angeles while working as a psychology professor.