{"id":2453132,"date":"2025-06-27T18:13:58","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T22:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fully-trained-iranian-sniper-illegal-alien-arrested-in-alabama\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T18:14:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T22:14:49","slug":"fully-trained-iranian-sniper-illegal-alien-arrested-in-alabama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fully-trained-iranian-sniper-illegal-alien-arrested-in-alabama\/","title":{"rendered":"Fully Trained Iranian Sniper, Illegal Alien Arrested in Alabama"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffully-trained-iranian-sniper-illegal-alien-arrested-in-alabama%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2453132&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained Ribvar Karimi, a 26-year-old Iranian former military sniper, in Alabama for immigration violations. He entered the U.S. in October on a K-1 visa as part of a marriage to an American citizen, but did not adjust his immigration status, which is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/warp-speed-advisor-expects-vaccine-to-ship-mid-december-herd-immunity-by-may\/\" title=\"\u2018Warp Speed\u2019 advisor expects vaccine to ship mid-December, \u2018herd immunity\u2019 by May\">legal requirement<\/a>.Karimi&#8217;s wife, Morgan, expressed concerns about their delay in filing for status adjustment, which was elaborate by their first child&#8217;s health issues. She emphasized that Karimi loves America and supported former President Trump&#8217;s immigration policies. However, she fears for his safety if deported back to Iran due to his opposition to the regime. The Department of Homeland Security announced that Karimi is in ICE custody pending removal proceedings, amid a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >broader enforcement action<\/a> that led to the arrest of eleven other iranian nationals.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Immigration and Customs Enforcement has arrested a former sniper for the Iranian military who was living in Alabama.<\/p>\n<p>In an exclusive report, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/ribvar-karimi-iran-detained-ice-trump-supporter-sniper-2090634\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a> said Ribvar Karimi was taken into custody Sunday in Locust, Alabama.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old Iranian army veteran served his country from 2018 to 2021. He entered the U.S. in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-admin-illegally-hid-report-found-us-servicemembers-china-got-covid-october-2019-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October<\/a> on a &nbsp;K-1 fianc&eacute; visa, but never got around to adjusting his immigration status.<\/p>\n<p>Morgan Karimi, 30, told Newsweek that her husband&rsquo;s delay in changing his immigration status was due to concerns about their first child &mdash; due in August &mdash; having fluid in his lungs and heart.<\/p>\n<p>She said the two met online while playing the video game &ldquo;Call of Duty&rdquo; in 2020. They got married in January.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>She insisted that her new husband loves America and President Donald Trump and that he even supported Trump&rsquo;s stance on immigration.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My husband himself, even being from Iran, supported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/report-house-gop-kneecaps-trumps-deportation-plans-5-mind-blowing-changes-dhs-funding-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a>, his immigration policies, and understood he was trying to protect the American people and was praying he helped free the Iranian people,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He believed in him as well. My husband is from the Kurdish region of Iran, where the people are good people and desperate for freedom from the regime.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She said Ribvar Karimi&rsquo;s service in the Iranian army was mandatory. &ldquo;In Iran, if you don&rsquo;t serve in the military, then you can&rsquo;t get a passport to ever leave your country,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>She also expressed fear that Ribvar could face death or imprisonment if he is deported to Iran, because of his opposition to the country&rsquo;s current regime and his support for the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This man wears the American flag proudly, and it&rsquo;s a shame that someone who is so proud to be here is at risk of being robbed of building the life he has dreamed of for so long. His groom&rsquo;s cake at our wedding was an American flag cake,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">LOCUST, Ala. &mdash; We arrested Ribvar Karimi for an immigration violation June 22. He reportedly served as an IRANIAN ARMY SNIPER from 2018 to 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&#128680;He had an Islamic Republic of Iran Army identification card in his possession when we arrested him!<\/p>\n<p>His failure to adjust his&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KOq3uI3YZB\">pic.twitter.com\/KOq3uI3YZB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; &#8319;&#7497;&#695;&#738; Barron Trump &#127482;&#127480; (@BarronTNews_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarronTNews_\/status\/1937966323423658037?\">June 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2025\/06\/24\/ice-arrests-11-iranian-nationals-illegally-us-over-weekend\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DHS<\/a> announced eleven Iranians, including Karimi, had been arrested over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>DHS said Karimi &ldquo;entered the U.S. on a K-1 visa, which is reserved for aliens engaged to be married to American citizens, in October 2024 under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ouch-hunter-biden-just-got-sued-attorneys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden<\/a> administration. Karimi never adjusted his status &mdash; a legal requirement &mdash; and is removable from the United States. He&rsquo;s currently in ICE custody, where he&rsquo;ll remain pending removal proceedings.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Anyone who&rsquo;s seen &ldquo;90 Day Fianc&eacute;&rdquo; knows it&rsquo;s common to get engaged or married for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mnuchin-600-stimulus-payments-could-be-deposited-starting-tonight\/\" title=\"Mnuchin: 0 Stimulus Payments Could Be Deposited Starting Tonight\">green card<\/a>. That is why it&rsquo;s a show.<\/p>\n<p>People protesting Ribvar Karimi&rsquo;s detention because he &ldquo;got married&rdquo; leave out that he moved here as a card-carrying Islamic Republic of Iran Army sniper. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AWW5grNjU5\">pic.twitter.com\/AWW5grNjU5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hank Campbell (@HankCampbell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HankCampbell\/status\/1937891379394580568?\">June 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Justice must be blind. Trump supporter or not, patriot or otherwise, we must all adhere to the rule of law.<\/p>\n<p>The situation seems one that will garner sympathy, but why did Ribvar Karimi wait so long after getting married without filing the necessary paperwork to update his status?<\/p>\n<p>His wife told Newsweek they were not given a deadline for updating his status &mdash; they were just told that they must marry within 90 days of his arrival.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This would be much easier to understand if there was a deadline issued for the adjustment of status, but there wasn&rsquo;t. We thought we had time. I am a rule follower and believe in doing the right thing. I never would&rsquo;ve put my husband in this position, especially this close to our child being born,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/vice-mayor-la-county-investigation-telling-gangs-defend-hood-ice-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ICE<\/a> and DHS have a responsibility to the American people first, especially at a time when authorities are concerned about undercover Iranian terror cells.<\/p>\n<p>Karimi could be the most pleasant and America-loving immigrant to come here, but he should be required to follow the rules and requirements, just like anyone else.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! ( opts[inputs[i]]=document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"' + inputs[i] + '\"]' ).value ) ) { \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .required-message' ).style.display='block'; \t\t\t\t\t\treturn; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction input[type=\"submit\"]' ).style.display='none'; \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).src=firefly_loading_gif_url; \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).style.display='inline-block';  \t\t\t\t\tconsole.log( 'ma subbing' );  \t\t\t\t\tif( firefly_post_id ) opts['post_id']=firefly_post_id;  \t\t\t\t\t\/* Send the data using post with element id name and name2*\/ \t\t\t\t\tvar posting=jQuery.post( firefly_ajax_url, opts );  \t\t\t\t\t\/* Alerts the results *\/ \t\t\t\t\tposting.done( function( response ) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif( response.success ) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log( response.data ); \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).style.display='none'; \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-confirm' ).style.display='block';  \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdataLayer.push( { 'event': 'submit-correction' } ); \t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> \t     \t\t\t\t\t\t     \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script>console.log(\"ad slot (BA1)\")<\/script> \t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Immigration and Customs Enforcement has apprehended a former Iranian military sniper residing in Alabama. According to an exclusive report by Newsweek, Ribvar Karimi was arrested on Sunday in Locust, Alabama. The 26-year-old veteran served in the Iranian army from 2018 to 2021 and entered the U.S. on a K-1 fianc\u00e9 visa in October but did not adjust his immigration status. His wife, Morgan Karimi, stated that their delay in changing his status was due to concerns about their unborn child&#8217;s health issues. They met while playing &#8220;Call of Duty&#8221; online and married in January. She emphasized her husband&#8217;s admiration for America and support for Donald Trump&#8217;s immigration policies, expressing fear that he could face severe consequences if deported back to Iran due to his opposition to the regime there<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2453133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Iranian-immigrant-arrested.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5175,54015,58079],"class_list":["post-2453132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-arrest","tag-illegal-alien","tag-iranian-sniper"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Iranian-immigrant-arrested.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2453132"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2453136,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453132\/revisions\/2453136"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2453133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2453132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2453132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2453132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}