Immigration and Customs Enforcement has arrested a former sniper for the Iranian military who was living in Alabama.
In an exclusive report, Newsweek said Ribvar Karimi was taken into custody Sunday in Locust, Alabama.
The 26-year-old Iranian army veteran served his country from 2018 to 2021. He entered the U.S. in October on a K-1 fiancé visa, but never got around to adjusting his immigration status.
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Morgan Karimi, 30, told Newsweek that her husband’s delay in changing his immigration status was due to concerns about their first child — due in August — having fluid in his lungs and heart.
She said the two met online while playing the video game “Call of Duty” in 2020. They got married in January.
She insisted that her
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