Three Iranian citizens were arrested in the United States.

The US State Department issued a statement on the 11th, saying that three "Iranian citizens associated with the Iranian regime" have been arrested in the United States. The State Department stated that the three individuals are currently detained by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, awaiting deportation. The State Department has terminated their US permanent residency status. One of the individuals is the son of former Iranian Vice President Masoumeh Ebtekar. The US has identified Ebtekar as a spokesperson for radical elements during the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis. Last week, the State Department announced that the niece and granddaughter of the late commander of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force, Qasem Soleimani, had been arrested in the US by federal agents.