WASHINGTON: The Trump administration plans to repatriate Iranian migrants from the United States despite their home country still reeling from massive&nbsp;<a href="https://www.pakistantv.com/article/son-of-iranian-president-calls-for-end-to-internet-blackout" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" rel="noopener noreferrer">protests</a>, according to an Iranian-American NGO. The deportation flights would be the first to Iran since the beginning of the mass uprisings in the country, which peaked in early January. US President Donald Trump has repeatedly&nbsp;<a href="https://www.pakistantv.com/article/trump-says-us-still-watching-iran-fleet-sailing-to-region" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" rel="noopener noreferrer">threatened</a>&nbsp;to launch military strikes on Iran in response to a crackdown by the Iranian government. However, he has since appeared to walk back those threats after he said Tehran suspended planned executions. The National Iranian American Council (NIAC) said on Thursday it had learned that Trump&#39;s administration was planning to restart deportation flights to Iran, after prior removals in September and December. Abolfazl Mehrabadi, a diplomat representing Tehran&#39;s interests in the United States, told Iran&#39;s official IRNA news agency on Saturday that about 40 Iranians were to be&nbsp;<a href="https://www.pakistantv.com/article/record-3258-indians-deported-from-us-this-year-jaishankar-tells-parliament" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" rel="noopener noreferrer">deported</a>. They will depart on Sunday from an airport in Phoenix, Arizona, he said. Among them are two gay men currently being held in an immigration detention center in Arizona. Legal proceedings to prevent their deportation are still ongoing, according to the organization. The US Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to AFP queries about the planned deportations.

Middle East

Americas

The deportation flights would be the first to Iran since the beginning of the mass uprisings in the country, which peaked in early January.

Articles tagged with "Iranians in US"

US preparing to deport Iranians despite unrest: NGO