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U.S. Deports Second Planeload of Iranians, Officials Say
ByFarnaz Fassihi December 8, 2025

The plane, carrying about 50 Iranians and other deportees, took off from Arizona on Sunday, under a deal the Trump administration reached with Iran two months ago.

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U.S. to Press Europe and Other Allies on Immigration, Document Says
ByEdward Wong and Hamed Aleaziz November 26, 2025November 27, 2025

American diplomats were told to raise U.S. concerns about “violent crimes associated with people of a migration background.”

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Senator Criticizes Rubio for Paying $7.5 Million to Equatorial Guinea to Take Deportees
ByEdward Wong November 11, 2025November 12, 2025

Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Democrat of New Hampshire, said the African country has a long history of corruption. The amount paid is far more than recent annual assistance given to it.

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‘It Feels Like I’m in a Nightmare’: Inside the First Deportation Flight to Iran
ByFarnaz Fassihi and Hamed Aleaziz November 11, 2025November 12, 2025

For decades, Iranians fleeing persecution have found protection in the United States. But this fall, the Trump administration deported a planeload of people to Iran after making a deal with Tehran.

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U.S. Deports Planeload of Iranians After Deal With Tehran, Officials Say
ByFarnaz Fassihi and Hamed Aleaziz September 30, 2025October 1, 2025

The deportation flight is one of the clearest signals yet of the Trump administration’s determination to expel migrants, even to places with harsh human rights conditions.

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As Iran Deports a Million Afghans, ‘Where Do We Even Go?’
ByElian Peltier, Farnaz Fassihi, Yaqoob Akbary and Jim Huylebroek July 16, 2025

Afghans being forced out of Iran are grappling with an uncertain future in Afghanistan, where widespread poverty and severe restrictions on women and girls await.

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As Iran Deports a Million Afghans, ‘Where Do We Even Go?’
ByElian Peltier, Farnaz Fassihi, Yaqoob Akbary and Jim Huylebroek July 16, 2025July 16, 2025

Afghans being forced out of Iran are grappling with an uncertain future in Afghanistan, where widespread poverty and severe restrictions on women and girls await.

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Afghan Women and Girls Deported From Iran Fear Returning to Afghanistan
ByElian Peltier and Jim Huylebroek July 16, 2025July 17, 2025

“Get ready to cope” was the message from an aid worker to women returning to Taliban rule in Afghanistan after their expulsion from Iran.

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Iran Carries Out Mass Expulsion of Afghan Refugees
ByNick Cumming-Bruce July 7, 2025July 8, 2025

About 800,000 people have been deported to Afghanistan, a desperately poor country, under an Iranian campaign that accelerated sharply in June.

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Inside the Global Deal-Making Behind Trump’s Mass Deportations
ByEdward Wong, Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Hamed Aleaziz and Minho Kim June 25, 2025

The administration is pushing nations around the world, including ones at war, to take people expelled by the U.S. government who are not citizens of those countries.

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