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Iranian army sniper and Hezbollah-linked 'terrorist' arrested in US as Trump warns of violent sleeper cells
Daily Mail ^ | 13:45 EDT, 24 June 2025 | Updated: 14:59 EDT, 24 June 2025 | MARYANN MARTINEZ

Posted on 06/24/2025 12:55:31 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

An Iranian army sniper and a suspected terrorist with ties to Hezbollah are among illegal migrants living in the US who have been arrested by ICE since Sunday. 

Ribvar Karimi, who served as an Iranian Army sniper from 2018 to 2021, was arrested in rural Alabama, where he has been living with his American wife. 

When ICE agents found in him in the town of Locust Fork Sunday, he had an Islamic Republic of Iran Army identification card, DHS claimed. 

Karimi entered the country legally on a K-1 visa, for foreigners engaged to be married to Americans, in October under the Biden administration. 

He married his bride, Morgan Gardener, in January this year. However, Karimi failed to adjust his status, making his presence in the US illegal.

In Minnesota, agents nabbed Mehran Makari Saheli, 56, a former member of off the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps with admitted connections to Hezbollah, according to the Department of Homeland Security today. 

He already had a conviction for felon in possession of a firearm and served 15 months in prison.

On June 22, ICE Atlanta arrested Ribvar Karimi in Locust, Alabama. Karimi reportedly served as an Iranian Army sniper from 2018 to 2021 

Mehran Makari Saheli, 56, is a former member of off the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps with admitted connections to Hezbollah, ICE claimed

Karimi married American citizen Morgan Gardener in January of this year 

Despite being ordered out of the country by a judge in June 28, 2022, he evaded authorities.

Both men are now in ICE custody pending removal. 

Karimi's American wife insists he loves America and is a proud immigrant. 

'This man loves America, the first purchase he made when he got here was an American Flag,' Morgan Gardner told a local station.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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1 posted on 06/24/2025 12:55:31 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“ ‘This man loves America, the first purchase he made when he got here was an American Flag,’ Morgan Gardner”

His wife. She marries a 56 year old A hezbollah. Terrorist. Ok lady.


2 posted on 06/24/2025 1:01:57 PM PDT by stanne (Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
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To: stanne

“When you get there buy American flag first thing”


3 posted on 06/24/2025 1:05:06 PM PDT by webheart (Notice how I said all of that without any hyphens, and only complete words. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Is the media narrative going to be Alabama Husband “?


4 posted on 06/24/2025 1:08:00 PM PDT by Antihero101607
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Is the media narrative going to be Alabama Husband “?

Don't give them any ideas.

5 posted on 06/24/2025 1:10:13 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of anger, hate and violence.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Clean out all the vermin! All of them! This should’ve been done DECADES AGO!

After the FIRST bombing of the Twin Towers under Clinton, I told anyone that would listen that it was going to happen again and be much, MUCH worse. And it was,

There is no doubt in my Military Mind that our candy-@ZZ politicians have put America in GRAVE danger through their inaction on cleaning up immigration, realizing that every mosque is a SLEEPER CELL and AMMO CASH and that so much more should have been done, but hasn’t been. :(

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Even WITH President Trump currently at the helm (and look how hard-won that was!) you need to act and plan as if Mother Government doesn’t give a fig about you and yours. Because - she doesn’t!

*Steps Off Soap Box*


6 posted on 06/24/2025 1:11:02 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Better send her back with him and adjust her citizenship so that the upcoming (soon) offspring is NOT a US citizen either.


7 posted on 06/24/2025 1:14:22 PM PDT by Semper Vigilantis (Peace - through superior firepower.)
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To: Semper Vigilantis

That’s not how that works and you know it.


8 posted on 06/24/2025 1:25:03 PM PDT by PoeToaster
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To: stanne

Morgan Gardner married the guy who failed to get a new visa-probably on purpose-Ribvar Karimi-not the terrorist connected guy Mehran Makari Saheli-who is 56. Either way, they both have terrorist ties-hope ICE gets them out of here fast...


9 posted on 06/24/2025 1:37:46 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"... )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Well, no longer shamed by Florida man, thank you Alabama.


10 posted on 06/24/2025 2:08:06 PM PDT by Waverunner (Torah! Torah! Torah! my favorite IDF radio code.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Sarah Adams estimates 1,000-1,500 ISIS members in the US via legal means.


11 posted on 06/24/2025 3:43:56 PM PDT by Mean Daddy
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“ However, Karimi failed to adjust his status, making his presence in the US illegal.”

Marriage visa, green card, naturalization certificate. Pretty straightforward.


12 posted on 06/24/2025 4:32:09 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable anima)
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To: Semper Vigilantis

Why would an American woman marry an Iranian who was an immigrant to the US? Probably a dumb question but I can still question it..There’s been lots of stories in the past 20-30 years about American women losing their kids to husbands from those countries - kidnapping them, taking them back to their home countries, fighting to get them back. They apparently didn’t see them or believe them.


13 posted on 06/24/2025 4:44:04 PM PDT by Thank You Rush ( )
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