A second flight deporting 55 Iranians from the US to Iran has left amid ongoing US-Iran tensions. Tehran expressed concern over returning deportees, while Washington cited immigration violations. The move affects long-standing Iranian exile communities in the US

Tehran: A second flight carrying Iranians deported from the United States has left America, Iranian officials said, as Washington reportedly planned to send hundreds of prisoners back to the Islamic Republic.

The deportations come as tensions remain high between Iran and the US after America bombed Iranian nuclear sites during Tehran’s 12-day war with Israel in June.

Activists abroad also have expressed concern about deportees returning to Iran, whose theocracy has been cracking down on intellectuals and executing prisoners at

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