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2020-12-16 18:04
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Iran among top 20 Asian migrant countries
TEHRAN – Iran was placed 16th among the top 20 Asian migrant countries in 2019, and the fifth top country by total refugees and asylum seekers in 2018, according to the 2020 World Migration report released by International Organization for Migration (IOM).
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2020-12-04 18:53
Healthcare coverage for millions of refugees
Despite sanctions, Iran provides 3.5m immigrants with testing and treatment services
TEHRAN – Health Minister Saeed Namaki has said that the country has implemented testing and treatment coverage programs for 3.5 million legal and illegal Afghan immigrants despite all restrictions due to unlawful and unilateral sanctions.
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2020-11-11 14:56
Assad says U.S. pressure, sanctions obstructing return of refugees
Syrian President Bashar al Assad on Wednesday blamed U.S. sanctions and pressure on the United Nations and Syria’s neighbors for the reticence of more than 5 million refugees who fled the conflict there to return.
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2020-09-21 19:30
Afghan coach helps young refugees back to school in Iran
TEHRAN – Rozma Ghafouri, a 29-year-old sports coach, draws on her own to get young refugees and undocumented Afghans aged between 11 and 15, out of work, and back into school.
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2020-07-18 18:15
Iran hosting largest, most protracted urban refugee situations
TEHRAN – The Islamic Republic of Iran is host to one of the largest and most protracted urban refugee situations in the world and has provided asylum to refugees for four decades.
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2020-05-18 10:31
How Palestinian refugees' status has been gradually downgraded by certain Arab countries!
The Palestinian refugees, residing in certain Arab countries in the West Asia, have in recent years faced irresponsible approach adopted by the hosting governments under different pretexts, including civil war, a situation that has assisted officials in Tel Aviv to intensify plots in the international scenes to undermine urgent attention to plight of the Palestinians.
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2019-12-18 19:09
UN global forum lauds Iran for hosting refugees
TEHRAN – The United Nations Global Refugee Forum appreciated Iran’s efforts to provide services to Afghan refugees.
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2019-10-09 23:40
Iran urges Intl. community to fulfill commitments to refugees
TEHRAN - In a quad-lateral meeting attended by his Afghan and Pakistani counterparts and representative of UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Geneva…, Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli called on the international community to fulfill its obligation regarding asylum seeker and refugees.
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2019-06-10 20:38
Germany helps support vulnerable Afghan and Iraqi refugees in Iran
The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany has contributed €2 million (US$2.2 million) to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in support of 30,000 of the most vulnerable Afghan and Iraqi refugees, most of them women and girls living in settlements in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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2019-05-11 19:48
Iran says those who caused problems for Afghans should bear responsibility
TEHRAN - Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araqchi said on Saturday that Iran does not intend to deport Afghan refugees, however, those who have caused problems for the Afghan people should bear responsibility.
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2019-05-04 21:06
By Maryam Qarehgozlou
WFP Iran, S. Korea join hands to build refugees’ self-reliance
TEHRAN — On Wednesday the Republic of Korea made a generous contribution of $2 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to build refugees’ self-reliance through vocational training in Iran.
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2019-05-01 20:18
WFP Iran welcomes $2 million contribution from the republic of Korea
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a US$2 million contribution from the Republic of Korea to support over the coming two years 30,000 of the most vulnerable Afghan refugees living in settlements in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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2019-02-17 11:08
UN calls for $920m aid for Rohingya refugees
TEHRAN - United Nations has called for $920 million in aid for around a million Rohingya refugees currently putting up in refugee camps of Bangladesh.
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2019-02-07 01:32
Bangladesh seeks India’s help to resolve Rohingya crisis
TEHRAN _ Bangladesh will seek more Indian support to resolve the Rohingya crisis as foreign minister AK Abdul Momen visits New Delhi on Wednesday in his maiden overseas tour since his party retained power in the controversial elections late last year.
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2019-01-12 20:05
Zarif says Poland “can't wash the shame” for agreeing to host anti-Iran summit
Polish meeting means opponents have lost Iran case: Shamkhani
TEHRAN – Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, says for enemies looking forward to an anti-Iran summit means that they have lost their case against the country.
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2019-01-10 11:59
Myanmar wants to 'work closely' with Bangladesh
TEHRAN - Myanmar President Win Myint has expressed his interest in working closely with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to address the common challenges of both countries.
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2018-12-18 09:33
By: Syed Zafar Mehdi
‘Rohingya refugees want to go back home but with safety and dignity’
TEHRAN - Prof. Nasir uddin is a cultural anthropologist based in Bangladesh, and professor of anthropology at Chittagong University. He has been working with Rohingya people in the borderland of Bangladesh and Myanmar for more than two decades and has written on the Rohingya refugee situation extensively in the form of both academic and popular pieces. His forthcoming ethnography is named The Rohingyas: A Case of Subhuman (Oxford University Press, 2019).
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2018-12-02 20:54
WFP welcomes German contribution to support refugees in Iran
TEHRAN – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a supplementary contribution of €1 million (approximately US$1.1 million) from the German Federal Foreign Office to support the most vulnerable Afghan and Iraqi refugees living in settlements in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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2018-11-11 21:27
Iran’s support for refugee students unnoticed, says minister
TEHRAN — Iranian Education Minister Mohammad Bat’haei regretted that Iran is receiving limited coverage for its support for refugee students from international entities.
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2018-11-11 10:12
‘Time not ripe for Rohingya repatriation’
TEHRAN _ Bangladesh and Myanmar should shelve plans of repatriating hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees to Rakhine State as they face a “high risk of persecution”, a top United Nations' human rights investigator has warned.
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2018-10-15 22:37
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
Afghan refugee who defied odds to become an accomplished physicist in Iran
TEHRAN - She was forced to leave her homeland as a small child, along with her family, when the country was battling civil war, much before 9/11 and the American invasion. She became a refugee at a tender age, and faced tremendous hardships while growing up. But, somehow adversities proved to be blessing in disguise for her, making her strong and giving her definite purpose and direction in life.
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2018/10/10
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
Global media and Muslims: Selective coverage, selective outrage
TEHRAN -“If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? William Shakespeare’s lines in The Merchant of Venice hold true today.
