Iranian academic writes of US detention 'hell' over link to 1979 hostage crisis

An Iranian academic and her family, who were legal permanent US residents, have been detained in Texas for months after the government revoked their green cards due to the husband's familial connection to the 1979 Iran hostage crisis. Maryam Tahmasebi, a psychology and statistics professor, her husband Seyed Eissa Hashemi, and their teenage son were arrested in April after conservative outlets reported on Hashemi's mother, who served as a spokesperson during the hostage crisis decades before he was born. The State Department cited these family ties as justification for revoking their status, though it has not accused the family of any wrongdoing or specified security threats.