{"id":52143,"date":"2026-04-05T03:11:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T03:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/52143\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T03:11:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T03:11:13","slug":"niece-of-qasem-soleimani-arrested-by-ice-after-cheering-irans-threats-in-socail-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/52143\/","title":{"rendered":"Niece of Qasem Soleimani arrested by ICE after cheering Iran’s threats in socail posts"},"content":{"rendered":"

The glitzy LA-based niece of slain Iranian terror mastermind Qasem Soleimani used her social media to spread the regime\u2019s wartime propaganda against the US and back Tehran\u2019s threats against Iranian expats branded \u201ctraitors\u201d before her Friday arrest by ICE agents<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Hamideh Soleimani Afshar, 47, didn\u2019t just repost regime messaging \u2014 she echoed it in her own words, cheering a crackdown on dissidents and amplifying wartime narratives boosting Tehran\u2019s battlefield performance.<\/p>\n

In vulgar posts, Afshar called the US the \u201cGreat Satan\u201d and celebrated attacks against American soldiers stationed in the Middle East, according to the State Department. <\/p>\n

\u201cTaking war reparations from the scum who sold out their homeland is very satisfying \ud83d\ude02 \u2026 Now, go chase after your money and assets,\u201d she wrote in one Instagram story obtained by The Post that was translated from its original Farsi.<\/p>\n

Hours earlier, she circulated a wartime claim about Iran\u2019s strength against US forces.<\/p>\n

Hamideh Soleimani Afshar \u2014 the niece of slain Iranian terror mastermind Qasem Soleimani \u2014 was arrested by ICE. Hamideafshar\/Instagram<\/p>\n

\u201cAmerican officials have told the New York Times that Iran is responding more effectively than the Trump administration expected, and has demonstrated a stronger military capability,\u201d she wrote in another Farsi-language post.<\/p>\n

Afshar also backed escalating threats from Tehran targeting Iranians abroad \u2014 including warnings of asset seizures and even execution \u2014 while mocking critics and defending the regime\u2019s stance.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo they still dare to make such claims? \u2026 Of course, by \u2018immigrants\u2019 they mean those whose hands are stained with the blood of the people. They mean the homeland-sellers,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

In between the propaganda posts, Afshar shared pics of her lavish lifestyle in LA as well as herself in skimpy couture outfits that would be illegal in the Islamic Republic, where women have been arrested and beaten to death for not wearing head coverings. <\/p>\n

In one apparently airbrushed snap, Afshar shows off a wristful of gold jewelry, manicured nails, and a Louis Vuitton hoodie. In another, she chugs a bottle of champagne in the desert next to a helicopter.<\/p>\n

Taking a break from her glam shots, she amplified reports of political division inside the US over the war, sharing a headline that read: \u201cWall Street Journal: Internal pressure against Trump regarding war with Iran is growing.\u201d<\/p>\n

She used her social media to back Tehran\u2019s threats to seize assets from expatriate Iranians branded \u201ctraitors.\u201d Hamideafshar\/Instagram<\/p>\n

Afshar also appeared to welcome Iran\u2019s new leadership, sharing a state media announcement declaring the rise of Mojtaba Khamenei as Supreme Leader in a post set to a devotional Persian song.<\/p>\n

\u201cAyatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei has been introduced as the third Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, with a decisive vote by the Assembly of Experts\u2026,\u201d the post read.<\/p>\n

In another post, she amplified reports of political division inside the US over the war, sharing a headline that read: \u201cWall Street Journal: Internal pressure against Trump regarding war with Iran is growing.\u201d Hamideafshar\/Instagram<\/p>\n

In yet another post, Afshar shared an anti-opposition graphic targeting Reza Pahlavi, Iran\u2019s last Shah\u2019s eldest son, who lives in the US as a dissident in exile. The political cartoon shows Pahlavi smiling while holding US and Israeli flags as a city burns behind him under missile fire \u2014 imagery designed to portray him as aligned with foreign enemies against Iran.<\/p>\n

In another post, Afshar shared an anti-opposition graphic targeting Reza Pahlavi, depicting him smiling while holding US and Israeli flags as a city burns behind him under missile fire. Hamideafshar\/Instagram<\/p>\n

The post, labeled \u201cWhy Reza Pahlavi isn\u2019t Iran\u2019s future,\u201d framed the exiled figure as complicit in the country\u2019s destruction \u2014 a message she amplified without comment, signaling alignment with regime narratives attacking the Iranian opposition.<\/p>\n

Afshar also appeared to welcome Iran\u2019s new leadership, sharing a state media announcement declaring the rise of Mojtaba Khamenei as Supreme Leader in a post set to a devotional Persian song. Hamideafshar\/Instagram<\/p>\n

In another post, Afshar invoked hardline nationalist rhetoric, warning that while \u201cthis dark cloud will be lifted from over Iran,\u201d those who sided with the country\u2019s enemies would bear a permanent \u201cmark\u201d as traitors \u2014 before quoting a classical verse declaring that dying with honor is better than living as an enemy of the homeland.<\/p>\n

Afshar entered the US in 2015 on a tourist visa, was granted asylum in 2019 and secured a green card in 2021 \u2014 status that Secretary of State Marco Rubio revoked this week before her arrest in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

She was taken into ICE custody and is now facing removal from the country, officials said, after authorities accused her of promoting Iranian regime propaganda while living in the US.<\/p>\n

In another post, Afshar invoked hardline nationalist rhetoric, warning that while \u201cthis dark cloud will be lifted from over Iran,\u201d those who sided with the country\u2019s enemies would bear a permanent \u201cmark\u201d as traitors. Hamideafshar\/Instagram<\/p>\n

Her daughter, Sarinasadat Hosseiny, 25, was also arrested by ICE agents<\/a> and had her green card revoked after entering the country on a student visa in 2015 and later obtaining permanent residency in 2023.<\/p>\n

The crackdown extended beyond the Soleimani family. <\/p>\n

The State Department last month also stripped legal status from Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larjiani \u2014 the daughter of a top Iranian regime figure \u2014 who has since left the US and is permanently barred from returning, according to officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The glitzy LA-based niece of slain Iranian terror mastermind Qasem Soleimani used her social media to spread the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52144,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1188,34,1497,20987,69,933],"class_list":{"0":"post-52143","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tehran","8":"tag-instagram","9":"tag-iran","10":"tag-qassem-soleimani","11":"tag-qassim-soleimani","12":"tag-tehran","13":"tag-us-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116349913469999649","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}