An Iranian family that’s been living in the United States for a decade is demanding their release from immigration detention after they were arrested because of their relation to a central figure in the 1979 U.S. Embassy hostage crisis in Tehran.
Eissa Hashemi’s mother, Masoumeh Ebtekar, was known as “Sister Mary,” the chador-wearing spokesperson who mocked America during the crisis and condemned the hostages as “spies” to be prosecuted. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in April he was revoking the family's green cards over their ties to Ebtekar, and the Department of Homeland Security has since moved to deport Hashemi, his wife Maryam Tahmasebi, and their son.
