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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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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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A second flight of Iranian deportees, carrying 55, has left the US, Iran says
Iranian officials say a second flight carrying deported Iranians has left the United States. Washington reportedly plans to send hundreds back to Iran.
U.S. deports second planeload of Iranians, officials say
The Trump administration deported a planeload of Iranian citizens on a chartered plane to Iran on Sunday, according to two Iranian officials familiar with the details, in just the second time the United States has ever done so. The plane — carrying about 50 Iranian citizens, as well as deportees from Arab countries and Russia — departed from an airport in Mesa, Arizona, and will make stops in Egypt and Kuwait, said the two Iranian officials, who…
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