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14 Aug 2026, 13:44

Maryam Tahmasbi, the daughter-in-law of Masoumeh Ebtekar, one of the hostage-takers at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, has published a letter addressed to the American people in the magazine "The Nation," along with a photo of herself without a hijab, expressing her deep affection for America.

In this letter, she states that she and her husband, Eisa Hashemi, are "teachers and university professors from the working class," and their son only speaks English and has been educated in California's preschool system.

The son and daughter-in-law of Masoumeh Ebtekar entered the U.S. in 2014 with visas issued during the Obama administration and later received permanent residency.

On April 11, the U.S. State Department spokesperson announced that the green cards of Maryam Tahmasbi and Eisa Hashemi had been revoked, and they, along with their son, are being held in facilities under the supervision of U.S. immigration authorities. This statement referenced Masoumeh Ebtekar's central role in the hostage-taking of U.S. Embassy members in Tehran, which occurred shortly after the 1979 revolution.

While Maryam Tahmasbi claimed in her letter that her mother-in-law "only acted as a translator for the hostage-takers" and that "the incident is related to 50 years ago," Masoumeh Ebtekar responded to a foreign journalist who asked her, "Would you be willing to take up arms and kill American hostages?" with "Yes."

In subsequent decades, Masoumeh Ebtekar also stated that she does not regret participating in the hostage-taking of U.S. Embassy members in Tehran. Former hostages, including Barry Rosen, have described Masoumeh Ebtekar as an angry and harsh interrogator.

The campaign to demand the expulsion of the children and relatives of Islamic Republic officials residing in the U.S. intensified following the killing of protesters in January 2025, coinciding with reports of the expulsion of some of them, including Fatemeh Larijani, the daughter of Ali Larijani, the slain secretary of the Supreme National Security Council.
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