https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/09\/30\/iran-deported-us-immigration-00586374<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It sounds like Trump is helping Iran’s theocracy round up its dissidents. <\/p>\n
“In the lead up to and after Iran\u2019s 1979 Islamic Revolution, a large number of Iranians fled to the U.S. In the decades since, the U.S. had been sensitive in allowing those fleeing from Iran over religious, sexual or political persecution to seek residency.
\nIn the 2024 fiscal year, for instance, the U.S. deported only 20 Iranians, according to statistics from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.<\/p>\n
Iran has criticized Washington for hosting dissidents and others in the past. U.S. federal prosecutors have accused Iran of hiring hitmen to target dissidents as well in America.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s unclear exactly what has changed now in American policy. However, since returning to the White House, Trump has cracked down on those living in the U.S. illegally.<\/p>\n
Noushabadi said that American authorities unilaterally made the decision without consultations with Iran.<\/p>\n
But The New York Times said Tuesday, citing anonymous Iranian officials, that the deportations were \u201cthe culmination of months of discussions between the two countries.\u201d”<\/p>\n
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