Iranian Christians were flown to Panama after seeking asylum at the U.S. border. The flights are part of Trump's strategy to expel migrants.

The migrants hailed from 10 mostly Asian countries, including Iran, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, China and others.

The people in question are from Iran, Afghanistan, China, and other garden spots. Their main offense seems to be that they were here. That they've ended up in Panama is no accident.

The migrants hail from 10 mostly Asian countries, including Iran, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, China and others.

Migrants from China, India, Iran and Vietnam among hundreds being held in Panama City hotel in operation funded by the US.

For days, they say they were locked inside a hotel in Panama, surrounded by tight security with limited contact with the outside world.

The State Department and the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) have imposed sanctions on Iran’s oil trade. According to

Converting was colossally risky. While Christians born into the faith are free to practice, Iran’s Shariah laws state that abandoning Islam for another religion is considered blasphemy, punishable by death. Some members of her Bible-study group were arrested.

For Artemis Ghasemzadeh, a 27-year-old Iranian woman, embracing Christianity was both a spiritual awakening and a life-threatening choice.

Iranian Christians were flown to Panama after seeking asylum at the U.S. border. The flights are part of Trump's strategy to expel migrants.

The administration has asked Panama to take in hundreds of people who can’t easily be sent back to their countries. Many say they are in danger.

By bnm Tehran bureau The United States has deported 119 asylum seekers of various nationalities to Panama, including Iranian nationals who claim they were transferred without notice or deportation documentation,