US EditionIran awaits second plane of nationals deported from US
About 55 Iranians deported on a U.S.-chartered flight amid a Trump administration crackdown, raising human rights concerns over forced returns to persecution in Iran.
- On December 7, Mojtaba Shasti Karimi, Iran's foreign ministry consular director general, announced fifty-five Iranian nationals were deported from the United States and returned to Iran in the second such group under President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.
- Amid an intensified US enforcement campaign, Iranian officials linked the removals to longstanding US visa restrictions on Iranians and anti-immigrant policies, with some expressing willingness to return in recent months.
- The deportees were processed through Iran's interests section at the Pakistani embassy and transferred via Doha on Qatar's national carrier; Iran instructed diplomats to ensure humane treatment but received reports of mistreatment.
- The Washington-based National Iranian American Council said the plans were unlawful and urged the administration to halt flights, provide due process, and investigate alleged abuses, citing Vahid Abedini's case.
- The transfers mark an unusual moment of coordination between estranged Tehran and Washington amid disputes over Iran's nuclear programme; US officials earlier identified about 400 Iranians for deportation, with a first flight carrying 120 via Doha.
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A second flight of Iranian deportees, carrying 55, has left the U.S., Iran says
A second flight carrying Iranians deported from the United States has left America, Iranian officials said, as Washington reportedly planned to send hundreds of prisoners back to the Islamic Republic.
Tehran Confirms 2nd Deportation Flight of Iranians From United States
Iranian officials have confirmed that a second flight carrying more than 50 Iranians deported from the United States has departed, Iran’s judiciary-affiliated Mizan news agency reported on Dec. 7. Mizan quoted Mojtaba Shasti Karimi, a senior Foreign Ministry official, as saying on Dec. 7 that 55 nationals had been transferred from the United States after they expressed their desire to return to Iran and completed the necessary legal and administ…
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Independent EspañolBy Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell Tehran, Iran (AP) — A second flight carrying deported Iranians has departed the United States, Iranian officials said. Washington plans to send hundreds of prisoners back to the Islamic Republic, according to reports. The deportations come amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington after the United States bombed Iranian nuclear sites during Tehran's 12-day war with Israel in June. Activists abroad ha…
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