U.S. to deport immigrants to Iran, Tehran says

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The Trump administration has reached a deal to deport about 400 Iranian immigrants to Iran, a senior official in Tehran said, which would mark a rare display of cooperation between the two countries that immediately raised concerns among human rights advocates for the immigrants’ safety.

Hossein Noushabadi, director general for parliamentary and consular affairs at the Iranian Foreign Ministry, said Tuesday that 120 immigrants are scheduled to fly to their native country, with a stopover in Qatar, this week, according to the Tasnim News Agency, Iran’s semiofficial news outlet

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