Iran said Tuesday that 120 nationals being deported from the United States under President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown will fly home this week.
“120 people should be deported and flown home over the next couple of days,” foreign ministry consular affairs official Hossein Noushabadi told the Tasnim news agency.
“The US immigration service has decided to deport around 400 Iranians currently in the United States, most of them after entering illegally.”
The New York Times reported that some 100 Iranians who had sought refuge in the United States were being deported to their homeland under an agreement between Washington and Tehran.
It said the rare deal between the longtime foes was the fruit of several months of negotiations.