{"id":8433,"date":"2025-06-27T13:21:51","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T20:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranreport.org\/?p=8433"},"modified":"2025-07-02T13:46:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T20:46:32","slug":"iranian-refugees-detained-by-ice-in-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranreport.org\/?p=8433","title":{"rendered":"Iranian Refugees Detained by ICE in Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div>\n<iframe id=\"ytplayer\" type=\"text\/html\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EEkAHkYKS64?si=M-faXRtEjqG5Ol0X&#038;cc_lang_pref=fa&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n    <button type=\"button\" onclick=\"toggleImage()\" id=\"btnID\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;\">\n        \u0627\u0646\u062f\u0627\u0632\u0647 \u0632\u06cc\u0631\u0646\u0648\u06cc\u0633 \u0631\u0627 \u0627\u0641\u0632\u0627\u06cc\u0634 \u062f\u0647\u06cc\u062f (\u0641\u0642\u0637 \u0631\u0627\u06cc\u0627\u0646\u0647)\n    <\/button>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image\" src=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n\n<script>\n    function toggleImage() {\n        const image = document.getElementById(\"image\");\n        const imageUrl = \"https:\/\/iranreport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Font-Size.jpg\";\n\n        if (image.src === imageUrl || image.src.endsWith(\"Font-Size.jpg\")) {\n            image.src = \"\";\n        } else {\n            image.src = imageUrl;\n        }\n    }\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>A local pastor is speaking out after he says an Iranian couple seeking asylum was detained by masked federal agents in Los Angeles earlier this week. One of the individuals suffered a medical emergency during the encounter, which was captured on video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pastor Ara Torosian of Cornerstone Church in the city\u2019s Sawtelle neighborhood said the couple, who have been part of his congregation for nearly a year, called him to their nearby home on Tuesday as they were being approached by immigration agents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey didn\u2019t show me a warrant. I asked, \u2018Can I see it signed by a judge?\u2019 They didn\u2019t show me,\u201d Torosian told KTLA\u2019s Kimberly Cheng. \u201cThat was the moment they took Reza inside. Mahshid had a panic attack. I was hopeless in the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Torosian\u2019s cellphone video shows federal agents restraining the woman as she screams and collapses, prompting the pastor to plead with officers to let her go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLet her go! She\u2019s sick! Call 911!\u201d Torosian is heard yelling as the officers restrict his access to the screaming woman. \u201cWhy are you guys doing this? They came for restitution from Iran!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The masked U.S. Border Patrol agents keep Torosian at a distance, threatening to arrest him if he tried to get in the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re so cruel!\u201d Torosian shouted at the agents, asking them if they\u2019ve seen the news about Iran recently. \u201cThey came here for freedom, not this. Shame on you. I know you\u2019re doing your job, but shame on you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The woman can seen on video being detained on the ground by one agent with others keeping watch while she writhes, screams and appears to have trouble breathing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShe was healthy. Nothing like this before. I didn\u2019t know her medical background,\u201d Torosian said, describing the woman\u2019s sudden medical emergency as a full-blown panic attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Department of Homeland Security later confirmed that the woman was taken to a hospital, treated for a medical issue, and discharged. Officials said the couple is now in the custody of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), a division of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DHSgov\/status\/1937904007084904530\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a>, a DHS spokesperson said, \u201cBorder Patrol agents apprehended two Iranian nationals unlawfully present in the U.S., both flagged as subjects of national security interests,\u201d and described the incident as a targeted enforcement operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Torosian rejected the characterization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey have no criminal background. They are not doing bad things in the U.S.,\u201d he said. \u201cEven if there is something, this is not the way to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pastor also said another couple from his church \u2014 along with their toddler \u2014 was taken into federal custody on Monday, just one day before Tuesday\u2019s incident. In total, he says five members of his congregation have been detained this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m heartbroken,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I\u2019ll keep fighting for them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0627\u0646\u062f\u0627\u0632\u0647 \u0632\u06cc\u0631\u0646\u0648\u06cc\u0633 \u0631\u0627 \u0627\u0641\u0632\u0627\u06cc\u0634 \u062f\u0647\u06cc\u062f (\u0641\u0642\u0637 \u0631\u0627\u06cc\u0627\u0646\u0647) A local pastor is speaking out after he says an Iranian couple seeking asylum was detained by masked federal agents in Los Angeles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[20,124],"class_list":["post-8433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-featured","tag-featured-small"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranreport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranreport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranreport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranreport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranreport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8433"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/iranreport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8441,"href":"https:\/\/iranreport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8433\/revisions\/8441"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranreport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranreport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranreport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranreport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}