Daily Wire Asks Leavitt About Iranian Official’s Family Living Lavishly In The U.S.

The Trump administration has made it a “top priority” to remove anyone residing in the United States illegally or fraudulently, especially those connected to the Iranian regime, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told Daily Wire White House Correspondent Mary Margaret Olohan on Wednesday.

Olohan asked Leavitt about the administration’s efforts to deport people with close ties to the Iranian government, such as the niece and grandniece of the late Iranian terrorist general Qasem Soleimani. Hamideh Soleimani Afshar, 47, and Sarinasadat Hosseiny, 25, were taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents last week, according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

“I understand one of the individual’s visas was revoked by Secretary Rubio, and they were deported by ICE because they had a fraudulent asylum claim,” Leavitt told The Daily Wire. “That is against the laws of the United States, so anyone who is here illegally or fraudulently is subject to our nation’s immigration laws and will be removed from our country. And I know this continues to be a top priority for the State Department working in conjunction with the Department of Homeland Security.”

.@MaryMargOlohan asks @PressSec if the Trump administration plans to deport more relatives of Iranian officials in the U.S.

“Anyone who is here fraudulently is subject to our nation’s immigration laws and will be removed from our country.” pic.twitter.com/urZfy1Bgpu

— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) April 8, 2026

Soleimani’s family members appeared to live lavish lifestyles in the United States, with photos they posted to social media showing them in designer clothing, bikinis, and low-cut dresses. Meanwhile, women in Iran are forced to wear restrictive religious garb — including mandatory hijabs and full-body cloaks — and are threatened with arrest if they show their hair. While Afshar lived with freedom in the United States, she was outspoken in her support for the Iranian regime and celebrated attacks on Americans, Rubio said.

Afshar and Hosseiny are not the only Iranians living in the United States with close connections to the brutal regime. The son of one of the top spokeswomen for Iran’s propaganda machine is also living in the United States and is working as an adjunct associate professor at The Chicago School in Los Angeles, The New York Post reported. Eissa Hashemi, 43, is the son of the former Iranian vice president for Women and Family Affairs Masoumeh Ebtekar, who was better known as “Screaming Mary.”

Ebtekar was the leading spokeswoman for the Iranian radicals who took 66 American hostages in 1979. Hashemi has lived in the United States since 2010 and has never publicly denounced his mother’s actions.

Last September, the Trump administration deported at least 55 Iranians back to their home country, which sparked fear among many in the Iranian diaspora who had fled the country to escape persecution under the radical Islamic regime. As many as 400 Iranians in America were expected to be sent back to Iran last year.