The deportation flight to Iran is the most stark push yet by the Trump administration to deport migrants even to places with harsh human rights records.

Diplomats from Iran met with counterparts from China and Russia on Tuesday to discuss the possibility of top European powers reimposing international sanctions if there is no progress on nuclear talks by the end of August. Tehran is set to meet with the E3 (France, Britain and Germany) in Istanbul on Friday.

Iran said the decision by Britain, France and Germany to launch a 30-day process to reimpose UN sanctions over its nuclear programme  was a “provocative and unnecessary escalation” that would undermine the ongoing process of cooperation between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Australia’s government on Tuesday announced the expulsion of Iran’s ambassador, accusing Tehran of orchestrating anti-Semitic attacks in Melbourne and Sydney. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese cited intelligence services’ “deeply disturbing conclusion” that Iran was behind at least two such incidents.

The assessment came as experts are trying to determine how long it would take Iran to rebuild its nuclear program in the aftermath of U.S. and Israeli strikes.

Speculation over Iran’s capacity to recover from Israeli and US strikes on its nuclear and military sites during its 12-day war with Israel were put to bed on Saturday after the UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi told CBS news that Iran could produce enriched uranium “in a matter of months”.

Supreme leader strikes defiant tone in a video statement, after not being heard of or seen publicly in days.

After spending nearly two weeks in a secret bunker somewhere in Iran during his country's war with Israel, the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 86, might want to use the opportunity of the ceasefire to venture out.

Iran went running straight to Vladimir Putin after America’s strikes over the weekend. From Russia it received only a “cold shoulder”.

In public, Qatar was insisting on the right to defend itself after Iran attacked a U.S. military site in the emirate. Behind the scenes, it was already mediating a truce between Israel and Iran.

Classified findings indicate that the attack sealed off the entrances to two facilities but did not collapse their underground buildings

The agreement involves two 12-hour ceasefire periods, starting with Iran.