Lawsuit alleges US shared information with Iran about asylum seekers, US denies allegation

By Kanishka Singh

WASHINGTON, July 7 (Reuters) - A lawsuit filed on Tuesday alleged that President Donald Trump's administration illegally shared confidential information about Iranian asylum seekers with Iran's government, allegations the Trump administration denied.

Lawyers with the left-leaning Public Citizen Litigation Group were representing the Iranian American Legal Defense Fund in the suit.