Trump administration's secret talks with Iran on deportations exposed

Gulf News · AP · 2026-11-05 18:30 UTC

Emails show officials worked to arrange flights for more than 100 Iranians

Emails show officials worked to arrange flights for more than 100 Iranians

Washington: President Donald Trump's administration held secret talks with Iran on deporting Iranians even as the war there dragged on, court documents show.

The court documents unsealed Thursday show the Republican administration as recently as mid-October said it had plans to deport the Iranians through an unnamed third country, although it was unclear when it intended to do so. The judge in the case ordered the government to give the court 24-hour notice of any finalised plans to deport Iranians to Iran or to any other country and five days' written notice before any such deportation is carried out.

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