Did Obama’s Iran Deal Include Green Cards for Regime Officials? Dissident Who Made the Claim Is Dead

The Obama administration granted green cards to more than 2,500 Iranians connected to the country’s Revolutionary Guard and government elite as part of the 2015 nuclear deal, according to explosive claims now circulating after the alleged execution of an Iranian dissident who brought the information to light.

The allegations center on Jamshid Sharmahd, a German-Iranian activist and vocal critic of Tehran’s regime who was reportedly executed by Iranian authorities after exposing what he claimed was a secret component of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. Sharmahd had alleged that Obama’s State Department fast-tracked permanent residency applications for Iranian nationals tied to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and senior government officials as an undisclosed concession during nuclear negotiations.

The Obama White House has long faced scrutiny over the Iran deal’s terms, particularly the administration’s decision to transfer $1.7 billion in cash to Tehran and lift sanctions that critics warned would fund regional terrorism. But the green card allegations, if verified, would represent a different kind of concession—one that wasn’t disclosed to Congress or the American public during the contentious 2015 debate over the agreement.

Sharmahd, who operated a website critical of Iran’s government from his base in California, was lured to Dubai in 2020 and abducted by Iranian intelligence agents, according to his family and German officials. He was held in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison and tried on terrorism charges that human rights groups uniformly dismissed as fabricated. Iranian state media announced his execution in late 2024.

The green card claims have not been independently verified by U.S. government records, and Freedom of Information Act requests filed by immigration watchdog groups remain pending. The State Department has declined to comment on the specifics, citing privacy laws governing immigration records.

What’s clear is that immigration from Iran increased significantly during and after the nuclear deal’s implementation. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services data shows Iranian green card approvals jumped 40 percent between 2015 and 2017 compared to the previous two years. Whether those approvals included regime-connected individuals, and whether they were part of deal negotiations, remains a question the Biden administration has so far refused to answer directly.

For Americans watching their government negotiate with adversaries, the story raises familiar concerns: What exactly was promised behind closed doors? And what happens when the people who try to tell us disappear?

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/06/obama-secretly-gifted-thousands-green-cards-radical-iranian/ – June 01, 2026