The United States is deporting around 100 Iranians back to Iran, the New York Times says, citing two senior Iranian officials involved in the negotiations and a US official with knowledge of the plans.

A US-chartered flight took off from Louisiana on Monday and was scheduled to arrive in Iran by way of Qatar sometime on Tuesday, according to the report.

The deportation, an uncommon instance of cooperation between the two countries, came after months of talks, the newspaper said.

The White House and the US State Department did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

US President Donald Trump plans to deport a record number of people living in the US without legal status, arguing that it is necessary after what he describes as high illegal border crossings under his Dem

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