US arrest of slain IRGC commander’s kin lays bare scandalous double standards

LONDON: A post on Saturday by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio ignited a social media firestorm with the announcement that two women with ties to the Iranian regime were in the custody of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, awaiting deportation. The State Department later confirmed that Hamideh Soleimani Afshar, 47, and Sarinasadat Hosseiny, 25 — the niece and grandniece of slain Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Qassem Soleimani — had lost their lawful permanent resident status and faced arrest.

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