Over 50 Iranians to return from US

Iran said Sunday over 50 of its nationals were to return from the United States, with President Donald Trump pursuing a crackdown on immigration.

"In the coming days, around 50 to 55 Iranian nationals will return," the spokesman for Iran's foreign ministry Esmaeil Baqaei said during his weekly press conference. "This is the second group in recent months to be returned to Iran."

According to CNN, the group is expected to arrive in Iran later on Sunday, after a stopover in Kuwait.

Baqaei in his remarks slammed what he called US "racist actions against foreign nationals — particularly citizens of our region, and especially Iranians".

"Regarding Iranians, it is evident to us that these pressures are politically motivated and that these anti-immigration policies conflict with human rights laws," he added.

Baqaei said the Iranians, under significant pressure from the relevant US authorities, approached the Iranian Interests Section in Washington and "expressed their willingness to return to their homeland".