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ARCHIVE - Iranian General Ghassem Soleimani, killed in 2020. Photo: Uncredited/Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/AP/dpa
Keystone
The USA has reportedly arrested the niece of Iranian General Ghassem Soleimani, who was killed in 2020. The State Department announced that her right of residence had been revoked due to the dissemination of incitement and propaganda by the Iranian leadership. Hamideh Soleimani Afshar is in the custody of the US immigration authorities ICE together with her daughter. She previously had a permanent residence permit for the USA.
During her stay in the USA, she had cheered attacks on American soldiers, praised Iran's new leader and described the USA as the "great Satan". She also declared herself a staunch supporter of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. Her husband is also no longer allowed to enter the USA.
The powerful Iranian General Ghassem Soleimani was killed in a US drone attack in Iraq in 2020, during US President Donald Trump's first term in office.
According to the Foreign Ministry, relatives of the Iranian security chief Ali Larijani, who was killed by the Israeli military in mid-March, have already had their residency rights revoked.
04.04.2026, 18:33
