The daughters of Qasem Soleimani have rejected claims by the United States Department of State that two Iranian women recently arrested in the United States are members of their family.
According to reports, US authorities detained a woman identified as Hamida Soleimani Asfar along with her daughter and revoked their green cards. The State Department had earlier alleged that Hamida was a niece of Soleimani, the former commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force.
However, Soleimani’s daughters strongly denied the claim. In a statement shared by Iran’s Fars News Agency, his daughter Zeynab Soleimani said the US assertion was “completely false” and that the arrested individuals have no connection to their family.
Another daughter, Narjes Soleimani, echoed the denial through Iranian state media, stating that no close relatives of Soleimani have ever lived in the United States.
US officials also accused the detained woman of being a staunch supporter of the Iranian government and of celebrating attacks on US troops and military installations in the Middle East.
The conflicting narratives highlight growing tensions between Washington and Tehran amid ongoing regional instability, with both sides presenting sharply different versions of the case.
