‘She Scares Me’: Ex-Love Of Soleimani’s Niece Refused Her Frantic Call From ICE Detention, Claiming Years Of Abuse

The niece of a notorious Iranian general who assisted in attacks that killed American troops reportedly made a desperate phone call to a former lover in an effort to escape detention after her arrest.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Saturday that the niece of the late Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Qasem Soleimani and her daughter had their green cards revoked and were held by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Hamideh Soleimani Afshar reportedly called 68-year-old Maziar Aflaki, a former paramour, after ICE detained her, the New York Post reported.

“She scares me. I was so afraid of her. She knows how to make herself seem like an angel and you feel like the devil. I wanted someone to take her away – now it’s happened,” Aflaki told the Post.

The 47-year-old Afshar, whose husband Hasan Hosseiny lives in Iran, received asylum in 2019 but reported four trips to Iran in a 2025 application for citizenship, according to the Post. She and her daughter, Sarinasadat Hosseiny, 25, were taken into custody Friday, the State Department said in a release.

“While living in the United States, she promoted Iranian regime propaganda, celebrated attacks against American soldiers and military facilities in the Middle East, praised the new Iranian Supreme Leader, denounced America as the ‘Great Satan,’ and voiced her unflinching support for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a designated terror organization,” the State Department said about Afshar in the statement.

Soleimani, a crucial figure