АНУ-ын Цагаачлалын албаны ажилтнууд Вашингтон болон Тегераны хоорондын зөрчил хурцадсан үед Ираны иргэдийг албадан гаргах ажиллагааг зохион байгуулахдаа Ираны талтай шууд харилцаж байсан нь ил боллоо.
Үндэсний Иран-Америкийн зөвлөлөөс мягмар гарагт олон нийтэд дэлгэсэн цахим шуудангийн баримтуудаас үзвэл, 2025 оны есдүгээр сараас 2026 оны нэгдүгээр сар хүртэлх хугацаанд 100 гаруй иран иргэнийг эх оронд нь буцаасан гурван удаагийн тусгай нислэг үйлджээ. Энэхүү баримт бичигт Ираны тал албадан гаргах зорчигчдын жагсаалтад өөрчлөлт оруулах хүсэлт тавьж, АНУ-ын албаныхан зарим тохиолдолд үүнийг хүлээн зөвшөөрч байсан нь тодорхой байна. Тухайлбал, 2025 оны наймдугаар сард Ираны Элчин сайдын яамны хүсэлтээр зарим иргэнийг жагсаалтад нэмж оруулсан бол нислэг болохоос гурав хоногийн өмнө ч шинээр нэр нэмэх хүсэлт ирүүлж байжээ.
АНУ, Израйл, Ираны хооронд 2025 оны зургадугаар сард 12 өдрийн турш үргэлжилсэн мөргөлдөөний үеэр ч АНУ-ын Цагаачлалын алба (ICE) иран иргэдийг албадан гаргах ажлыг тэргүүлэх чиглэл хэмээн үзэж байв. Тухайн үед Ираны агаарын орон зай хаагдаж, зорчигчийн бичиг баримтын асуудал үүссэн ч албаныхан албадан гаргах стратегийг үргэлжлүүлэн боловсруулахыг үүрэгдсэн байна.
Үүнээс гадна, АНУ-ын цагаачлалын саатуулах төвд хоригдож буй 11 иран иргэн өөрсдийг нь Ираны төлөөлөгчидтэй уулзахыг албадсан гэж мэдэгджээ. Тэд АНУ-ын эрх баригчид орогнол хүссэн хүмүүсийн нууц мэдээллийг Тегеранд буруу замаар дамжуулсан хэмээн шүүхэд гомдол гаргаад байна. АНУ-ын Дотоодын аюулгүй байдлын яам (DHS) орогнол хүссэн хүмүүсийн мэдээллийг Ираны засгийн газартай хуваалцсан гэх мэдээллийг эрс няцаасан боловч албадан гаргах ажиллагааг олон улсын хамтын ажиллагааны хүрээнд хэрэгжүүлдэг гэдгээ мэдэгдэж байна.
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Newly disclosed emails show U.S. immigration officials worked directly with Iranian representatives to deport Iranian nationals in 2025, even as tensions between Washington and Tehran were escalating.
The records, obtained by the National Iranian American Council and released Tuesday, detail cooperation surrounding three removal flights in September and December 2025 and January 2026 that returned more than 100 Iranians.
The emails indicate Iranian representatives requested changes to proposed passenger lists and that U.S. officials sometimes accommodated those requests.
“Per request from the Iran Embassy I added a few cases,” an unidentified ICE employee wrote in August 2025.
Days later, another official reported meeting with the “Director at the Iranian Embassy” and wrote: “Iran has requested that I amend the previous manifest and expedite the removal process.”
Iranian representatives were still seeking additions three days before the September flight, according to the records. The emails indicate that requests made on the day of departure were rejected.
In one striking episode, the records show an Iranian national who was not on the final manifest was nevertheless put aboard a flight.
“An Iranian not included on the final manifest we sent to the Qatari MOI was boarded on the flight,” one U.S. official wrote.
Another responded: “I have no idea how the case/person got through on the plane.”
The emails also show that deporting Iranians remained a Trump administration priority during the 12-day conflict involving the U.S., Israel, and Iran in June 2025.
After President Donald Trump warned on June 16 that “Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!” then-acting ICE Director Todd Lyons described Iranian removals as a “priority,” according to the records.
An ICE employee warned that removals would be difficult during the fighting because Iran was not providing necessary travel documents and its airspace was closed.
Marcos Charles, who headed ICE removal operations, nevertheless directed officials to develop a strategy for deporting 58 detained Iranians who had final removal orders.
“We need a plan forward ASAP,” Charles wrote. Another official called it a “White House priority.”
The emails also describe ICE facilitating meetings between Iranian representatives and some people held in U.S. immigration detention.
That issue is separately at the center of a lawsuit in Washington. Eleven detained Iranians alleged in sworn statements that they were pressured into meetings with Iranian officials who possessed information about their asylum cases. The lawsuit alleges U.S. authorities improperly disclosed confidential information about asylum seekers to Tehran.
The Department of Homeland Security has strongly denied that allegation.
“These allegations that ICE shared asylum application records with the Iranian government are FALSE,” DHS said in July.
Federal law allows the U.S. government to work with foreign governments to arrange deportations, but regulations restrict disclosure of information that could reveal whether someone has applied for asylum.
The newly released emails do not make it clear whether people whose names Iranian representatives requested returned voluntarily. Previous reporting by The New York Times found asylum seekers were among those returned to Iran and that some deportees said they were removed against their will.
DHS did not respond to a request for comment Tuesday, according to the report.
