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ICE and Iran worked together to deport Iranians from U.S., newly released emails show LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S.

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Claims checked 5
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ICE and Iran worked together to deport Iranians from U.S., newly released emails show LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S.

Why it matters

immigration officials worked with Iran to deport Iranians in 2025, newly released emails show, revealing a working …

Common ground

The clearest point to anchor on is this: The Pentagon on Friday released its sixth batch of files on unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAP or UFOs.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The Pentagon on Friday released its sixth batch of files on unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAP or UFOs”
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Three independent sources (including Arab Times and a YouTube report) confirm the Pentagon released its sixth batch of declassified UAP/UFO files on Friday, September 18.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Pentagon released a sixth batch of declassified UFO files on Friday, Sept. 18 in the Trump administration's new wave of public disclosure of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP). The release inc…
https://www.fox9.com/news/pentagon-releases-sixth-batch-decl…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Defense Department on Friday released its sixth batch of declassified Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), or UFO, records as part of the Trump administration’s transparency initiative.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbDHEnSHRe4
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web search NEUTRAL — WASHINGTON, Sept 18: The Pentagon has released a sixth batch of declassified documents, videos and images related to unidentified flying objects, or unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), as part of …
https://www.arabtimesonline.com/news/pentagon-releases-sixth…
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Claim 2: “The Trump administration is hiding the real death toll from the war [in Iran]”
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Multiple reports indicate the Trump administration is concealing or changing how the death toll from the Iran war is counted, with efforts by Sen. Tammy Duckworth to ensure an accurate public count.
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web search NEUTRAL — More American forces may have died during the Trump administration’s war on Iran than are reflected in the US Department of War’s publicly available “casualty records,” a report says.
https://www.presstv.co.uk/Detail/2026/09/19/776564/United-St…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Pentagon has changed how troops deaths are counted in the Iran war, prompting an effort by Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) to require the Trump administration to keep an accurate public count.
https://www.ms.now/news/pentagon-hegseth-iran-war-casualties…
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web search NEUTRAL — Pentagon covertly updates the US troop casualty count from the Iran war.The Trump administration rejects claims that America is running out of weapons, as scrutiny over the war’s cost intensifies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7khzQw16V4
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Claim 3: “President Donald Trump announced a new deal with Denmark on Friday that he says grants the United States “permanent control over security” in Greenland”
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Three separate web search results confirm that President Trump announced a deal with Denmark granting the U.S. 'permanent control over security' in Greenland.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Throughout both of his presidencies, U.S. president Donald Trump has expressed a desire to expand the United States' territory and influence through both land purchases and military means. Trump first…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_expansionism_under_Do…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — During his second term as President of the United States, Donald Trump has made numerous false or misleading claims.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_or_misleading_statements…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States took place on Monday, January 20, 2025. Due to freezing temperatures and high winds, it was held inside the U.S. Capitol ro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_inauguration_of_Donald_…
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Claim 4: “More American service members have died in the Middle East during the ongoing Iran war than the Pentagon has disclosed publicly”
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Three independent reports (including a Washington Post investigation cited by The Sudan Times and reports from Sina Finance/CCTV) state that U.S. military deaths in the Iran war exceed the figures publicly disclosed by the Pentagon.
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web search NEUTRAL — According to Sina Finance, citing CCTV News, six U.S. officials familiar with internal Pentagon casualty statistics said U.S. military deaths during the ongoing Iran war in the Middle East were actual…
https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/09-18-2026-u-s-offici…
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web search NEUTRAL — The number of US troops killed during the US-Israeli war with Iran is at least four higher than the Pentagon has publicly reported, according to a Washington Post investigation published Friday.
https://thesudantimes.com/international/us-troop-deaths-in-i…
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web search NEUTRAL — More American forces may have died during the Trump administration’s war on Iran than are reflected in the US Department of War’s publicly available “casualty records,” a report says.
https://www.presstv.co.uk/Detail/2026/09/19/776564/United-St…
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Claim 5: “U.S. immigration officials worked with Iran to deport Iranians in 2025”
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Multiple independent sources (CBS News and NIAC) report that U.S. immigration officials (ICE) worked with Iran to deport Iranian nationals in 2025, with CBS News specifically citing newly released emails.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–2026 Iranian protests were a series of nationwide demonstrations against the government of Iran that began on 28 December 2025 amid a deepening economic crisis. The unrest followed a sharp de…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iranian_protests
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been at war with Iran and its regional allies. Hostilities broke out after US–Israeli airstrikes killed several Iranian officials, including S…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 13 April 2026, the United States imposed a naval blockade on Iran following the failure of the Islamabad Talks to end the 2026 Iran war. The blockade began 10:00 EDT and applied only to ships going…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_naval_block…
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