The State Department announced on Thursday that Secretary of State Marco Rubio “took action this week to revoke the privilege of Iranian senior officials and their family members to be in the United States,” as a consequence of Iran’s bloody crackdown on protesters this month.
“Those who profit from the Iranian regime’s brutal oppression are not welcome to benefit from our immigration system,” the State Department said.
“Important step. Well done, President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Rubio. Long overdue,” said Jason Brodsky, policy director for United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI.) Brodsky noted that his organization has “long advocated this step.”
President Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations, Mike Waltz, applauded Rubio’s action. “The families of Iranian regime elites live lives of
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