{"id":313961,"date":"2026-04-05T21:50:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T16:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=313961"},"modified":"2026-04-05T21:50:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T16:20:19","slug":"ice-arrest-iran-warlords-niece-living-her-best-life-in-los-angeles-news-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/05\/ice-arrest-iran-warlords-niece-living-her-best-life-in-los-angeles-news-us\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE arrest Iran warlord&#8217;s niece living her best life in Los Angeles | News US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<\/div><figcaption>Sarinasadat Hosseiny, 25, and her mother, Hamideh Soleimani Afshar were arrested on Friday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The grand-niece of the dead Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani was living a glamorous lifestyle in Los Angeles before being arrested by ICE.<\/p>\n<p>Sarinasadat Hosseiny, 25, and her mother, Hamideh Soleimani Afshar were arrested after their US everlasting resident status was revoked by Secretary of State Marco Rubio over ties to the Iranian regime.<\/p>\n<p>Hosseiny had been living within the US since 2015, when she first entered the country on a student visa, before getting everlasting residency in the course of the Biden administration in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Despite her family\u2019s ties to the Iranian regime, Hosseiny\u2019s social media presence showed a life at odds with it.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SEI_292039386-23b2.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27862613\" alt=\"A woman with black hair poses\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\">\t<\/div><figcaption>The arrests form a part of a broader crackdown on individuals with alleged links to Iran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Posts showed her travelling across the US, visiting Miami, Las Vegas and Alaska, in addition to laughing and smiling at music festivals.<\/p>\n<p>Other images showed her aboard private aircraft and yachts and wearing clothes that may be forbidden under Iranian law, including bikinis and miniskirts.<\/p>\n<p>Her mother had called America the \u2018Great Devil\u2019 in social media posts as she lived in California, in addition to espousing support for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a delegated terror organisation, in line with the State Department.<\/p>\n<p>Each women\u2019s green cards were revoked hours before ICE arrested them in LA on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.acast.com\/%24\/35d3734f-1e29-4d0b-a646-15776be08249\" width=\"100%\" height=\"120px\" class=\"metro-iframe iframe-autoheight \" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" name=\"69d28bc2a069c\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"565\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SEI_292106423-7590.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=565\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27862605\" alt=\"A woman with black hair poses\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Sarinasadat Hosseiny was the grand-niece of the powerful commander<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SEI_292027510-e2fe.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27864047\" alt=\"TEHRAN, IRAN - SEPTEMBER 18 : Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani (C) attends Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's (not seen) meeting with the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in Tehran, Iran on September 18, 2016. (Photo by Pool \/ Press Office of Iranian Supreme Leader\/Anadolu Agency\/Getty Images)\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani pictured in 2016 (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Soleimani commanded Iran\u2019s elite Quds Force, a part of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and was the country\u2019s strongest military figure before he was killed in a US drone strike in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Trump referenced the killing again last week, describing Soleimani as \u2018an evil genius\u2019 while claiming Iran would have been in a stronger position within the war had he still been alive.<\/p>\n<p>The arrests form a part of a broader crackdown on individuals with alleged links to Iran.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"808\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SEI_292106427-4044.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27862604\" alt=\"A woman with black hair poses in the street\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\">\t<\/div><figcaption>She was pictured at events, including a Formula 1 race<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Soleimani Afshar first entered the US on a tourist visa in 2015 and was granted asylum in 2019, before receiving a green card in 2021, however the DHS said her asylum claim was fraudulent.<\/p>\n<p>The IRGC, which Hosseiny\u2019s mother is alleged to have supported, was named as a foreign terrorist organisation by the US in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The previous commander\u2019s daughter Narjes Soleimani has said the 2 women \u2018don&#8217;t have any connection in anyway\u2019 to her father and accused Washington of fabricating claims.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong><strong><strong>Get in contact with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For more stories like this, <\/strong><strong>check our news page<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"><\/use><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Trump drops F-bomb and says \u2018Praise to Allah\u2019 in wildest social media post yet<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"><\/use><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: US fighter jet crew member rescued after being shot down in Iran, Trump says<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"><\/use><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Donald Trump warns Iran it has \u201948h before all hell will rain down\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<section id=\"share-buttons-bottom\" class=\"share-buttons share-buttons-bottom\"><a class=\"metro-button share-bar-comments\" data-vars-position=\"bottom\" href=\"#metro-comments-container\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Comment now<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-comment\" href=\"#social-comment\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-comments__label\">Comments<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-preferred-source\" href=\"#social-preferred-source\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-preferred-source__label\">Add as preferred source<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n<div class=\"newsletter-end-card accent--news\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-end-card__inner\">\n<h4>News Updates<\/h4>\n<p>Stay on top of the headlines with day by day email updates.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sarinasadat Hosseiny, 25, and her mother, Hamideh Soleimani Afshar were arrested on Friday The grand-niece of the dead Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani was living a glamorous lifestyle in Los Angeles before being arrested by ICE. 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