(New York Post) – ICE agents arrested a former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps member with suspected ties to Hezbollah, an ex Iranian army sniper and a terror watchlist suspect during a sweep of Iranian ilelgal migrants in the US over the weekend — as authorities raised warnings about possible “sleeper cells.”
In all, 11 Iranian illegal migrants, many of them with criminal records, were taken into custody, the Department of Homeland Security said on Tuesday.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement nabbed former IRGC Mehran Makari Sahel, who has “admitted connections” to the Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah, according to CBS News.
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ICE San Francisco arrested Iranian criminal alien Bahman Alizadeh Asfestani June 22.
✈️Ordered removed 25 years ago but never left
⚖️Convictions for selling drugs and theft📢If you’re a criminal alien, remove yourself from U.S. soil or expect an ICE arrest. pic.twitter.com/XMRPasQyzA
— U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (@ICEgov) June 25, 2025
LOCUST, Ala. — We arrested Ribvar Karimi for an immigration violation June 22. He reportedly served as an IRANIAN ARMY SNIPER from 2018 to 2021.
🚨He had an Islamic Republic of Iran Army identification card in his possession when we arrested him!
His failure to adjust his… pic.twitter.com/62vjdCULH1
— U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (@ICEgov) June 25, 2025
This Iranian is lucky — not because we caught him, but because the loaded 9mm pistol he had hidden in his pants when we cuffed him didn’t go off.
We arrested Iranian national Behzad Sepehrian Bahary Nejad June 22 because:
📌He came to the United States on an F-1 student visa… pic.twitter.com/gniORnyJaR
— U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (@ICEgov) June 24, 2025
ICYMI 👇🏽 https://t.co/6twfhesbn3
— U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (@ICEgov) June 24, 2025
Here is the United States Director of National Intelligence:
— 🇺🇸RealRobert🇺🇸 (@Real_RobN) June 24, 2025
Tulsi Gabbard: The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) has identified 600 individuals with ties to terrorist organizations who entered our country illegally, claimed asylum, and were paroled into the U.S. under the… pic.twitter.com/jofw3lXPQJ
