The Trump administration plans to repatriate Iranian migrants from the United States despite their home country still reeling from massive protests during which thousands were killed, according to an Iranian-American NGO.

US President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to launch military strikes on Iran in response to the crackdown, but has since appeared to walk back those threats after he said Tehran suspended planned executions.

The National Iranian American Council (NIAC) said it had learned that Trump’s administration was planning to restart deportation flights to Iran, after prior removals in September and December.

Abolfazl Mehrabadi, a diplomat representing Tehran’s interests in the United States, told Iran’s official IRNA news agency over the weekend that about 40 Iranians were to be deported.

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