The flight to deport several Iranians from the United States was canceled after the passengers boarded.
The flight to deport a group of Iranian immigrants to America, who were supposed to be deployed to Iran via Arizona, then Georgia and finally Pakistan, was suddenly canceled while some of them were boarding the plane.
A lawyer for the Iranian American Legal Defense Fund told ABC News on Monday, Nov. 9, that the plane was "ready to take off" on the runway, but the flight was canceled and the detainees were returned to the regiment's detention center. According to him, no explanation was given regarding the reason for the cancellation of the flight.
In documents it submitted to the court before the flight, this foundation announced its plan to deport 11 Iranian citizens on Sunday, including 10 men and one woman.
According to reports, these people were supposed to board a plane in Mesa, Arizona and travel first to Georgia and then to Pakistan. According to the aforementioned lawyer, one of the senior officials of the office for the protection of the interests of the Republic of Salami in Washington met with these detainees and said that the Iranian government would take over their transfer from Pakistan to Iran.
In response to media inquiries, the US Department of Homeland Security declined to comment on the details of this flight, saying that Immigration and Customs Enforcement does not comment on possible deportation actions, including flight schedules, passenger lists, destinations or details of individual files.
At the same time, the ministry emphasized that the administration of Donald Trump is using "all legal options to implement the largest deportation operation in history."
The cancellation of this flight happened a few weeks after a hearing in federal court, in which the announcement of the US government's plan to return and tell the Iranians in the midst of a state of war was met with a sharp response from the judge.
Read the full version of this report on Radio Perda's website.