US deports first group of Iranians since protest crackdown

Published January 26, 2026 5:53pm ET



The United States sent around a dozen Iranians on a deportation flight back to their homeland, marking the first deportation since Tehran’s massive crackdown on protests.

A source told CNN that the flight took off on Sunday evening with 14 people on board. Those on board were not Iranians previously selected to return home, as they had been exposed to a measles outbreak.

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