Rubio revokes Iranian officials' US travel privileges over deadly protest crackdown killing thousands
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio revoked travel privileges for Iranian officials and families, citing the regime's "brutal" oppression of protesters.
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"As the people of Iran continue to fight for their basic rights, [Rubio] took action this week to revoke the privilege of Iranian senior officials and their family members to be in the United States," the State Department wrote in an X post. "Those who profit from the Iranian regime's brutal oppression are not welcome to benefit from our immigration system." She has covered major national crises, including the L.A. wildfires, Potomac and Hudson River aviation disasters, Boulder terror attack, and Texas Hill Country floods.
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