US Secretary of State Marco Rubio Bans Senior Iranian Officials, Families from Being in US

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio banned senior Iranian officials and their relatives from being in the US, the State Department confirmed on Thursday. “As the people of Iran continue to fight for their basic rights, Rubio took action this week to revoke the privilege of Iranian senior officials and their family members to be in the United States,” the State Department wrote on X/Twitter. “Those who profit from the Iranian regime’s brutal oppression are not welcome to benefit from our immigration system,” the social media post added. . . . Jason Brodsky, policy director of United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), commented that this was an important step that UANI has “long advocated for.”