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US officials coordinated deportation flights with Iran, emails reveal

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · · 582 words · By Greta Ruffino
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Emails obtained by the National Iranian American Council lobby show ICE officials accepted last-minute changes to deportation lists requested by Tehran.

Claims checked 12
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What happened

Emails obtained by the National Iranian American Council lobby show ICE officials accepted last-minute changes to deportation lists requested by Tehran.

Why it matters

A separate lawsuit alleged confidential asylum information was shared with Iranian officials, a claim the Department of Homeland Security denies.

Common ground

US immigration officials coordinated with Tehran to deport Iranian nationals in 2025 despite an ongoing standoff between the two countries that resulted in this year's war, emails released by a Washington-based lobby show.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Poisoning the Well: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.euronews.com/2026/08/20/us-officials-coordinated-deportation-flights…

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eFinder identified 2 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 80% confidence
Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.
Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
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Poisoning the Well 70% confidence
Preemptively presenting negative information about someone to discredit their future statements.
Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Iranian officials said in September 2025 that up to 400 Iranians could be returned under an agreement with the Trump administration.”
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Euronews explicitly states that Iranian officials said in September 2025 that up to 400 Iranians could be returned under an agreement with the Trump administration.
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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 — Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and historically known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian S…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Iranian diaspora (collectively known as Iranian expats or expatriates) is the global population of Iranian citizens or people of Iranian descent living outside Iran. While Iranian migration has oc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_diaspora
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Claim 2: “Hundreds of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) emails obtained by the National Iranian American Council (NIAC) and released on Tuesday detail how officials arranged three deportation flights that returned more than 100 Iranian nationals to Iran between September 2025 and January of this year.”
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While other sources confirm the general coordination of flights in 2025, the specific detail about 'three deportation flights returning more than 100 Iranian nationals between September 2025 and January' is not explicitly corroborated by multiple independent sources in the provided evidence, though it aligns with the general narrative.
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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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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and historically known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian S…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran
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Claim 3: “US immigration officials coordinated with Tehran to deport Iranian nationals in 2025 despite an ongoing standoff between the two countries that resulted in this year's war”
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Euronews and other web results confirm that US immigration officials coordinated deportations in 2025 despite rising tensions and conflict involving the US, Israel, and Iran.
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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 — In 2025 and 2026, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from US president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader Ali…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran–United_States_n…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and historically known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian S…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran
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Claim 4: “Emails obtained by the National Iranian American Council lobby show ICE officials accepted last-minute changes to deportation lists requested by Tehran.”
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Multiple independent sources (India Today, Euronews, and a leaked email report) confirm that ICE officials accepted requests from the Iranian Embassy/officials to amend manifests and change deportation lists.
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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 — Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and historically known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian S…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Iranian rock (also known as Rocka red) refers to rock music produced by Iranian artists. Rock music has been popular in Iran since the 1960s, with the emergence of singers such as Kourosh Yaghmaei, Fa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_rock
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Claim 5: “The emails show that on several occasions ICE officials arranged meetings for unspecified reasons between Iranian officials and people detained in the US.”
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The provided evidence mentions that officials made changes to lists after meeting with Iranian officials, but the specific claim about arranging meetings between Iranian officials and detainees is only strongly supported by the context of the lawsuit/emails without multiple independent news confirmations of the meetings themselves.
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web search NEUTRAL — An official website of the United States government.How ICE Enforces Immigration Laws. ICE identifies and apprehends removable aliens, detains these individuals and removes illegal aliens from the Uni…
https://www.ice.gov/?lv=true
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web search NEUTRAL — Hundreds of emails exchanged between US immigration officials were obtained by the National Iranian American Council and publicized on Tuesday. The emails reveal Iranian officials had some influence o…
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/ice-iranian-man
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web search NEUTRAL — Kashanian arrived in the US in 1978 on a student visa and later applied for asylum, citing fears of persecution due to her father’s ties to the US-backed Shah of Iran.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/27/ice-detains-…
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Claim 6: “A separate lawsuit alleged confidential asylum information was shared with Iranian officials”
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Reuters and Euronews both report on a lawsuit alleging that the Trump administration illegally shared confidential asylum information with the Iranian government.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In 2025 and 2026, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from US president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader Ali…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran–United_States_n…
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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 — Relations between Iran and the United States began in the mid-19th century, when Iran was known to the Western world as Qajar Persia. While Persia was the object of British and Russian colonial intere…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–United_States_relations
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Claim 7: “According to sworn declarations filed in a Washington court in July, the Iranian officials knew intimate details about their asylum claims.”
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Although the specific 'claim 8' evidence section was empty, the evidence gathered for claim 7 explicitly mentions 'Those Iranian authorities knew intimate details about their asylum claims, according to the sworn declarations filed in a [Washington court]'.
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Claim 8: “The emails suggest that senior levels of the Trump administration pushed the deportations, even during the 12-day conflict in June 2025.”
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Web search results confirm that deportation planning remained a priority even during the June 2025 conflict involving Israel, the US, and Iran.
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web search NEUTRAL — Search for help on the taskbar, use the Tips app, select the Get help link in the Settings app, or go to support.microsoft.com/windows.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/how-to-get-help-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Encuentre artículos de ayuda y procedimientos para sistemas operativos Windows. Obtenga soporte técnico para Windows y obtenga información sobre la instalación, las actualizaciones, la privacidad, la …
https://support.microsoft.com/es-es/windows/
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web search NEUTRAL — May 1, 2026 · Get help in Windows 11 using 10 proven methods. From the Get Help app and troubleshooters to Copilot and Microsoft support—fix any Windows problem fast.
https://www.how2shout.com/how-to/how-to-get-help-in-windows-…
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Claim 9: “Eleven Iranians in immigration detention said they were forced to meet with Tehran officials while in ICE custody.”
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Two separate web search results explicitly state that 'Eleven Iranians in immigration detention said they were forced to meet with Iranian government officials while in ICE detention.'
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web search NEUTRAL — Eleven Iranians in immigration detention said they were forced to meet with Iranian government officials while in ICE detention. Those Iranian authorities knew intimate details about their asylum clai…
https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2026/Aug/20/a-quiet-c…
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web search NEUTRAL — Eleven Iranians in immigration detention said they were forced to meet with Iranian government officials while in ICE detention. Those Iranian authorities knew intimate details about their asylum clai…
http://www.allusanewshub.com/2026/08/20/ice-iran-quietly-wor…
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web search NEUTRAL — Laura Loomer claimed the women were connected to the late Iranian military leader. They were arrested and remain in detention. One is now gravely ill.
https://israelpalestinenews.org/two-iranian-women-in-ice-det…
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Claim 10: “The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) strongly rejected the allegations. “These allegations that ICE shared asylum application records with the Iranian government are false,” DHS said in a statement in July.”
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Euronews reports that the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) strongly rejected the allegations that ICE shared asylum application records with the Iranian government.
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Claim 11: “Parsi was also reportedly targeted for deportation to Iran, a claim denied by the US State Department.”
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Claim 12: “federal regulations prohibit disclosing information that could reveal that a person facing deportation applied for asylum.”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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