A total of 120 Iranians have been deported from the US as part of President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigrants.

Tasnim News Agency quoted Hossein Noushabadi, Director General for Parliamentary and Consular Affairs at the Foreign Ministry, as saying that the US immigration authorities have been planning for months to deport about 400 Iranians, most of whom had entered the country illegally, mainly via Mexico, in line with the American administration’s new restrictive immigration policy.

The 120 Iranians deported on Monday were part of the first phase of the plan.

“According to available information, these individuals will return to the country within the next one or two days," he said, adding that among those being deported some had valid residency permits. He said that the US offici

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