A second flight of Iranian deportees, carrying 55, has left the U.S., Iran says

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A second flight carrying 55 Iranian deportees has departed the U.S. as the Trump administration escalates deportations under its immigration enforcement policy.

The deportations reverse decades of U.S. policy protecting Iranian dissidents fleeing political, religious and sexual persecution since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Human rights activists fear returned Iranians face prosecution in a country executing prisoners at unprecedented rates and cracking down on intellectuals.

TEHRAN, Iran — 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