U.S. bombs Iran in June, then deports Iranians seeking asylum in September

Just three months after bombing Iran, the U.S. quietly loaded about 100 Iranians onto a deportation flight to Tehran, sending refugees and asylum seekers back to a regime infamous for jailing dissidents, torturing opponents, and silencing dissent.

The two Iranian officials who spoke to The Times said the deportees included men and women, some of them cou…