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ONE SOURCE, MANY MASTHEADSFriday 21 August 2026

6 outlets carried this. They resolve to 3 independent sources.

A reader sampling these outlets received 3 accounts, not 6.

As published

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apnews.com as published: A quiet channel between ICE and Iran shaped deportation flights, newly released emails showapnews.com2026-08-20 11:17:13cbsnews.com as published: ICE, Iran quietly worked together on deporting Iranians to Iran, emails showcbsnews.com2026-08-20 11:17:13

Attributed to no one

Quoted verbatim from each outlet's own page. This site records what was published and who it was attributed to. It does not assess whether the claim is true.

apnews.com

  • Per request from the Iran Embassy I added a few cases
  • Iran has requested that I amend the previous manifest and expedite the removal process

no speaker named anywhere in the article

cbsnews.com

  • Per request from the Iran Embassy I added a few cases
  • Iran has requested that I amend the previous manifest and expedite the removal process

no speaker named anywhere in the article

Same storyEarlier: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement worked with Iran to deport over 100 Iranian natioEach entry records what was published on its own date and is not edited afterwards.
6outlets→3independent
What happened, for context

U.S. immigration officials worked with Iran to deport more than 100 Iranians on three flights in September 2025 and December 2025–January 2026, according to hundreds of emails obtained by the National Iranian American Council and made public Tuesday. The emails show Iranian officials requested changes to deportation lists, which ICE officials apparently accommodated.

2 of 6 articles were readable. Headline only, no body text retrieved, for: everythinglubbock.com, latimes.com, pbs.org, wvgazettemail.com. Nothing below is drawn from those outlets beyond their headline.

Who reported it

    • apnews.comWIRE
    • everythinglubbock.comUNCLASSIFIED
    • latimes.comINDEP
    • wvgazettemail.comUNCLASSIFIED
    identical copy
  • cbsnews.comINDEP
  • pbs.orgPUBLIC

References

  • apnews.comA quiet channel between ICE and Iran shaped deportation flights, newly released emails showScreenshot as publishedOriginalcaptured 2026-08-20T11:17:13
  • cbsnews.comICE, Iran quietly worked together on deporting Iranians to Iran, emails showScreenshot as publishedOriginalcaptured 2026-08-20T11:17:13
  • everythinglubbock.comA quiet channel between ICE and Iran shaped deportation flights, newly released emails showOriginalNo durable copy — do not citecaptured 2026-08-21T11:19:52
  • latimes.comA quiet channel between ICE and Iran shaped deportation flights, newly released emails showOriginalNo durable copy — do not citecaptured 2026-08-21T11:19:52
  • pbs.orgICE and Iran worked together to deport Iranians from U.S., newly released emails showOriginalNo durable copy — do not citecaptured 2026-08-21T11:19:52
  • wvgazettemail.comA quiet channel between ICE and Iran shaped deportation flights, newly released emails show - Charleston Gazette-MailOriginalNo durable copy — do not citecaptured 2026-08-21T11:19:52

Carried by multiple outlets

  • Hundreds of emails exchanged between U.S. immigration officials were obtained by the National Iranian American Council and made public Tuesdayapnews.com, cbsnews.com
  • U.S. immigration officials worked with Iran to deport Iranians in late 2025 and early 2026apnews.com, cbsnews.com
  • More than 100 Iranians were flown back to Iran on three separate immigration flights in September and December 2025 and January 2026apnews.com, cbsnews.com
  • Iranian officials had some influence over which Iranian immigrants in the U.S. were sent back to their home countryapnews.com, cbsnews.com
  • U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials apparently heeded requests from Iran regarding changes to deportation listsapnews.com, cbsnews.com
  • An unnamed ICE official wrote 'Per request from the Iran Embassy I added a few cases' in late August, a month before the first deportation flight in Septemberapnews.com, cbsnews.com
  • and 1 more, not shown

Reported by one outlet only

  • The emails reveal a working relationship between the U.S. and Iranian governments despite tensions mounting between the countriesonly apnews.com
  • A deportation flight left the U.S. on or around September 26, 2025only cbsnews.com