Maryam Tahmasebi
Role at the time: Family member and author of the cited first-person essay
Responding to
U.S. termination of the Hashemi–Tahmasebi family’s residency status and ICE detention
"This is bloodline punishment."
Why we used this label
Her first-person essay explicitly labels the action as bloodline punishment.
Authored first-person essay published August 11, 2026, not the magazine's October issue date. It establishes Tahmasebi's account, not independent findings about detention conditions or present legal status. The exact publication time is unknown.