NBC:
Families of Americans detained in Iran have urged the Trump administration to deny U.S. visas to the children of top-ranking officials in the Iranian government, but the White House has yet to take action, two sources close to the families told NBC News.
The families of the imprisoned Americans see the administration's response to their request as part of a broader failure to place a top priority on securing the release of their loved ones, despite a campaign promise from the president to resolve the issue, two family friends and two congressional aides told NBC News.
At least four American citizens and one U.S. legal resident are currently imprisoned in Iran after secretive trials on charges of alleged espionage. Human rights groups say the detentions are arbitrary and baseless.
The families have provided the administration and several lawmakers with a list of Iranian nationals living in the U.S. alleged to be the children or relatives of senior Iranian officials, including President Hassan Rouhani himself.
Among those named is the son of Masumeh Ebetekar, who rose to fame as the unapologetic spokeswoman for the student protesters who seized the U.S. embassy in 1979 and took 52 Americans hostage for 444 days. She is currently a vice president for family and women's affairs in the Iranian government.
According to his social media profile, her son is a student in Los Angeles. Hashemi's presence in California has been reported previously by Radio Free Europe and other media.
The daughter of the powerful speaker of the Iranian parliament, Ali Larijani, is also on the list. She is a resident in internal medicine at an Ohio hospital, according to medical directories.
The nephew of President Hassan Rouhani attended college in New York City and now works there, according to LinkedIn. The nephew's father was the former top adviser to Rouhani, who stepped down after coming under fire from hardline opponents of the Iranian president.
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I have been saying this for a very long time. No reason for these viruses to have visas to come to the U.S.
Good idea. Few things though: money talks and in 2018 America every thing is for sale, and also these alleged kids are direct and indirect comunication channel between U.S govt to these people running the show over there.
A very decent request... Do it Donald.
Obama starts wars. And when Trump tries to fix things Democrats claim he is a warmonger and Putin’s bitch. Obama gives Tehran billions of dollars. And when Trump sanctions the Iranian banks Democrats say Trump has imposed sanctions on medications. Obama gives scholarships plus special visas to children and grandchildren of the Iranian officials and now Trump should be the one to clean up his mess.
The obsession with Obama by Trumpies is almost fatal. Put away your tachi, wakizashi and tantō!
The truth hurts!
As the late Charles Krauthamner said, no matter what Obama does(no matter how he fucks up), black voters vote for him. Democrats treated him like a saint. They came very close to declaring him Saint Barak.
Sorry that your tooth hurts!!!!
Here in the Great US of A we move forward. We don't get stuck in the past like the Arabs invasion of 14 centuries ago or Shah/Mossadegh episode of 60 years ago.
We move on and forward, and if you aspire to come to this country at some point in the future, you may want to think about moving forward and leave all that baggage behind!
Sure. Who am to blow against the wind?
Hey, even Noam Chomsky has called Obama the worst president ever. Or something like that ...
Absolutley........ But will it happen, or all this being tough on Iran is just a bunch of bullshit fed to Trumptards.....(those who actually know where or what Iran/Eyran is, of course).....wink wink...