Iranian National Dies in Mississippi, Marking 17th ICE-Related Death Since December 31 ^80.9%

L.A. TACO - By Izzy Ramirez - 3/9/2026, 11:46 PM

Fifty-nine-year-old Pejman Karshenas Najafabadi was pronounced deceased on March 1 at Merit Health Hospital in Natchez, Mississippi, at 6:32 p.m. He first arrived in the United States as a lawful permanent resident in 1991. Karshenas made contact with ICE on August 22, 2014, in Nashville, Tennessee, who initiated removal proceedings... more