By Mostafa Salem, Leila Gharagozlou, CNN(CNN) — The United States will deport 120 Iranians back to Iran over the next two days, Iran’s state-affiliated media reported Tuesday, citing a foreign ministry official. Most of the group entered the US “illegally” through Mexico, the head of consular affairs at Iran’s foreign ministry, Hossein Noushabadi, told Tasnim news agency, adding that those deported will arrive to Iran through Qatar. The group is among 400 Iranians who “mostly entered the US illegally” and are slated for deportation, Noushabadi said. “How they entered the United States is another matter, but they left Iran legally. There is no obstacle to their return to their homeland, but Iran supports its own citizens,” he added.