Tehran, Iran — Iran said Tuesday that 120 Iranians detained in the United States for illegally entering the country will be returned to Iran in the coming days.

As many as 400 Iranians would be returning to Iran as part of an agreement with the U.S., Iranian state television said, citing Hossein Noushabadi, director-general for parliamentary affairs at Iran's Foreign Ministry. He said the majority of those people had crossed into the U.S. from Mexico illegally, while some faced other immigration issues.

The Trump administration has not acknowledged striking any deportation deal with Iran, but two U.S. officials told CBS News on Tuesday that a flight carrying fewer than 200 Iranian deportees had been scheduled to depart from the United States on Monday night.

The deportations, which wo

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