Refugees

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  • UNHCR is honored to support Iran's efforts regarding refugees 2022-09-09 19:07

    UNHCR is honored to support Iran's efforts regarding refugees

    TEHRAN - Ivo Freijsen, Representative for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Iran, has said Iran provides wide-ranging services for refugees and the UN agency is honored to support Iran's efforts in this regard.

  • Refugee deaths spark outrage in U.S.   2022-06-29 18:27

    Refugee deaths spark outrage in U.S.  

    Campaigners have slammed U.S. politicians following the grisly discovery of 51 dead asylum seekers and at least a dozen others who required hospital treatment after being found inside an abandoned trailer on a remote road in San Antonia, Texas on Monday. 

  • Significant increase in refugee literacy 2022-06-29 17:59

    By Faranak Bakhtiari

    Significant increase in refugee literacy

    TEHRAN – The literacy rate among refugees has increased significantly in recent decades. So that the literacy rate of Afghan immigrants in Iran is higher than the number of literate people in Afghanistan, according to a report published in June by the research center of the Iranian Parliament (Majlis).

  • Iran’s decent services to refugees are commendable: UNHCR 2022-06-27 18:23

    Iran’s decent services to refugees are commendable: UNHCR

    TEHRAN – Iran’s efforts and activities in the last 40 years have been commendable to refugees, and in the past year, after the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, has reached its peak, Maha Kashour, head of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in Mashhad, has stated.

  • UNHCR holds World Refugee Day in Iran for first time since COVID-19 2022-06-25 17:59

    UNHCR holds World Refugee Day in Iran for first time since COVID-19

    TEHRAN – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, marked World Refugee Day on Wednesday with a series of events across the Islamic Republic of Iran, under the theme of “Whoever, Wherever, Whenever, everyone has the right to seek safety”.

  • Four decades of free hosting of refugees 2022-06-20 17:56

    By Faranak Bakhtiari

    Four decades of free hosting of refugees

    TEHRAN – As the number one destination for Afghan refugees, Iran alone, more than any other European or Western country in times of crisis, has opened its arms to accept asylum seekers from its eastern neighbor.

  • Khatibzadeh 2022-06-15 20:56

    ‘Refugees have rights that must be respected under Convention 1951’

    Iran says deportation of asylum seekers to Rwanda is shame for Britain

    TEHRAN- The forcible repatriation of asylum seekers, including a few Iranians, from the United Kingdom to Rwanda has been described as a historical shame for London, according to the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson.

  • The story of Polish refugees in Iran 2022-05-30 12:54

    “Wave of Destiny”: Story of the arrival of Polish refugees to Iran in 1942

    TEHRAN - In 1942, approximately 120,000 Polish refugees arrived in Iran from the former Soviet Union. 

  • UNHCR, WFP help refugee children stay in school 2022-04-15 19:00

    UNHCR, WFP help refugee children stay in Iranian schools

    TEHRAN – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the World Food Program (WFP) help refugee children living in ran to stay in school and reach for their dreams.

  • واکسیناسیون اتباع خارجی در مشهد 2022-03-30 10:43

    All refugees in Iran, even unauthorized ones, vaccinated: IRCS chief

    TEHRAN – The head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society has said all refugees in the country, even unauthorized ones, have been vaccinated against coronavirus.

  • اتباع خارجی 2022-03-27 10:58

    Some 2,200 foreign nationals getting pensions

    TEHRAN – Up to 2,188 foreign nationals residing in Iran are currently receiving pensions from social security funds.