WATCH: Son of former top Iranian official seen living comfortable life in Los Angeles

The son of a former top-level Iranian official, who acted as the spokesperson for hostage takers occupying Tehran's U.S.

Embassy in 1979, is yet another relative of Iran's hard-lined Islamist regime caught living a comfortable and affluent Western lifestyle in Los Angeles.

Petitioners have been calling for Eissa Hashemi, 43, to be investigated and deported, arguing it is unfair for the relatives of these Iranian leaders to enjoy the freedom and privileges afforded to people in the West, and more particularly in the United States, while their government in Iran continues to oppress and restrict its people from exercising rights seen as basic within America.

Fox News Digital obtained photos of Hashemi at what the New York Post described as a "fancy" gym in Los Angeles, during which he reportedly brushed off a reporter's questions.

Hashemi is the son of Masoumeh Ebtekar, dubbed by the American media as "Screaming Mary" amid her role acting as the spokesperson for the hostage takers who captured more than 50 American hostages at the U.S.

Embassy in Tehran in 1979 where they were held captive for over a year.

Ebtekar also served in a formal role as Vice President of Women and Family Affairs in Iran between 2017 and 2021.

PBS's Frontline dubbed her "one of the highest-ranking women in the Muslim world" during an interview with the Muslim leader in 2002.

Meanwhile, Ebtekar's son appears to be living in the Los Angeles area while holding down a job as an adjunct psychology professor at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology.

According to the U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe, his now-deleted LinkedIn page previously indicated in 2015 that he was a doctoral student at the Los Angeles branch of the Chicago School of Professional Psychology.

The outlet also recounted a 2008 interview Hashemi conducted.

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"In an interview published in 2008, Hashemi provided a rare window into his views on the hostage crisis, saying he got a grasp of the reasons behind it after reading a book his mother published in Canada," the outlet reported, adding a quote from Hashemi's interview about his view on the hostage crisis his mom played a pivotal role in: "When mother's book was translated from English, I understood the issue fully," he said, according to PBS at the time.

"The students then had a big move, an important cause."
According to the New York Post, people have been protesting against Hashemi living in the United States for months.

There are several petitions registered on Change.org calling on him to be investigated and deported, some of which have been put under review by the petition website, according to a Fox News Digital review of recent petitions on Change.org
The Post added that records show Hashemi is residing in Agoura Hills, inside Los Angeles County, with his fellow psychology professor wife Maryam Tahmasebi.