According to an op-ed published in The Washington Post, some close relatives of Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in a US airstrike in 2020, lived in the US for many years. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers took his niece Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and grandniece Sarinasadat Hosseiny into custody on April 3. The case exposes inconsistencies in US visa and immigration policies related to national security, drawing attention to gaps in visa screening for individuals linked to US adversaries.