Hundreds of Iranian nationals detained by ICE amid June 2025 attack on Iran

Hundreds of Iranian nationals detained by ICE amid June 2025 attack on Iran Submitted by MEE staff on Thu, 05/07/2026 - 21:45 More than 500 Iranian nationals were in US detention as late as December 2025, amid a wartime crackdown US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents patrol Terminal C at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, on 24 March 2026 ( Michael M Santiago/Getty Images/AFP) Off US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained hundreds of Iranian nationals during the June 2025 attack on Iran, according to US government data obtained by the National Iranian American Council under a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. “ICE conducted a major surge of arrests of Iranians amid the June 2025 war,” with 220 arrests in June and 80 in July 2025, the National Iranian American Council (NIAC) said on Wednesday. The crackdown came as the US capped off an Israeli attack on Iran by bombing the Natanz, Fordow and Isfahan nuclear complexes.