Newly released emails show that U.S. immigration officials worked with Iran to deport Iranians in 2025, despite tensions between the two countries.
新公布的电子邮件显示,美国移民官员在2025年与伊朗合作遣返伊朗人,尽管两国之间存在紧张关系。
The National Iranian American Council obtained the emails and made them public Tuesday.
美国伊朗裔美国人委员会获得了这些电子邮件,并于周二将其公之于众。
They detail how more than 100 Iranians were flown back to Iran on three flights in September and December 2025 and January 2026.
这些邮件详细说明了超过100名伊朗人如何于2025年9月、12月和2026年1月乘坐三次航班被送回伊朗。
The emails show Iranian officials had some influence over who was deported.
这些邮件显示,伊朗官员对被驱逐者的选择有一定影响力。
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials made last-minute changes to deportation lists at Iran's request.
美国移民与海关执法局(ICE)官员应伊朗的要求,在最后一刻修改了驱逐名单。
One ICE official wrote that the Iranian Embassy asked to add cases.
一名ICE官员写道,伊朗大使馆要求增加案件。
Another official said Iran requested amendments to the manifest and expedited removals.
另一名官员表示,伊朗要求修改名单并加快驱逐程序。
Iranian officials were still making requests the day a flight departed, though those requests were denied.
航班起飞当天,伊朗官员仍在提出请求,但这些请求被拒绝了。
The flights took place months after a ceasefire between the U.S., Israel, and Iran.
这些航班是在美国、以色列和伊朗达成停火协议几个月后进行的。
They followed a deadly 12-day war in June 2025.
此前,2025年6月发生了一场致命的12天战争。
Emails show ICE officials treated the deportations as a priority even during the conflict.
邮件显示,即使在冲突期间,ICE官员也将遣返视为优先事项。
One official warned that removals would be difficult because Iran wasn't issuing travel documents and its airspace was closed.
一名官员警告说,遣返会很困难,因为伊朗不签发旅行证件,而且其领空已关闭。
A senior official, Marcos Charles, told staff to make a plan to deport 58 Iranians with final removal orders.
高级官员马科斯·查尔斯告诉工作人员制定计划,遣返58名有最终遣返令的伊朗人。
The emails also show that at least one person was deported who wasn't supposed to be.
这些邮件还显示,至少有一名本不应被驱逐的人被驱逐了。
An official wrote that someone not on the final manifest boarded a flight.
一名官员写道,一名不在最终名单上的人登上了飞机。
Another official said they had no idea how that person got through.
另一名官员说,他们不知道那个人是如何通过的。
The emails suggest pressure for the deportations came from the highest levels of the Trump administration.
这些邮件表明,驱逐行动的压力来自特朗普政府的最高层。
Jamal Abdi, president of the National Iranian American Council, said the emails undermine Trump's claims that the U.S. is at war with Iran to save ordinary Iranians.
美国伊朗裔美国人委员会主席贾马尔·阿卜迪表示,这些邮件削弱了特朗普的说法,即美国与伊朗交战是为了拯救普通伊朗人。
He said the top priority was to remove as many people as possible.
他说,首要任务是尽可能多地驱逐人员。