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2026-02-22 16:05
Nearly 450 Afghans return from Iran in one day
TEHRAN – Taliban authorities have said 449 Afghan refugees have been deported from Iran on Wednesday, February 18.
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2026-01-18 15:05
Over 3.6 million Afghan migrants returned from Iran in 2025: IFRC
TEHRAN – More than 3.6 million Afghans returned from Iran in 2025, including around 1.2 million who were deported, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said in a report.
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2025-12-31 14:24
Afghans coming from Iran have ‘better education, food security’ than those returning from Pakistan
TEHRAN - The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has said those Afghan refugees returning from Iran often have more education, better food security, and housing than those returning from Pakistan.
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2025-12-27 15:32
Iran launches first biometric system check for Afghan refugees
TEHRAN – Iran has implemented the first biometric system check for identity verification of foreign nationals, especially Afghan refugees, at the Dogharon border terminal in the city of Taibad, northeastern Khorasan Razavi province.
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2025-11-08 15:40
Iranian, Dutch officials hold talks over Afghan refugees
TEHRAN – Nader Yar-Ahmadi, the head of the National Organization for Migration, and Guusje Korthals Altes, Director of the Middle East and North Africa Department at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, have discussed ways to support Iran in hosting Afghan nationals.
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2025-10-26 15:08
Some 400,000 authorized foreign nationals working in Iran
TEHRAN – Around 400,000 foreign nationals are legally working in the country, and the rest are unauthorized, Ali Baqeri, an official with the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare, has said.
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2025-10-20 15:26
Voluntary return of illegal Afghans up by 30% in October
TEHRAN – The voluntary return of undocumented Afghan refugees to their homeland via the Dogharon border terminal in the city of Taibad, northeastern Khorasan Razavi province, has increased by 30 percent since the beginning of autumn compared with summer.
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2025-09-20 15:52
Some 4,300 Afghan refugees deported from Iran per day: UNHCR
TEHRAN - Between September 11 and 17, an average daily return of 4,300 Afghan refugees from Iran was registered, UNHCR reported in a press release on Friday.
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2025-09-07 15:31
Tehran hosts core group meeting of Solution Strategy for Afghan Refugees
TEHRAN – A meeting of the local core group of Solution Strategy for Afghan Refugees (SSAR) was held in Tehran on Wednesday, September 3.
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2025-08-18 16:06
Some 800,000 more Afghan refugees to be expelled by March 2026
TEHRAN – Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni has said some 800,000 more undocumented Afghan refugees will be sent back to their home country by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2026).
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2025-07-28 20:26
Tehran, Kabul commit to facilitating return of undocumented Afghan nationals residing in Iran
TEHRAN – Iran and Afghanistan are continuing high-level talks on facilitating the voluntary return of Afghan nationals residing in Iran, as part of broader efforts to enhance bilateral cooperation in border management and consular affairs.
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2025-07-23 22:37
UNHCR chief discuss undocumented Afghans repatriation in Tehran meeting with Araghchi
TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has reiterated the country’s firm commitment to repatriating Afghan refugees living without valid legal documentation, urging the international community to assume its responsibilities and extend necessary support for this effort.
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2025-07-23 14:51
Interior minister, UNHCR representative discuss issues on Afghan refugees
TEHRAN – Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi, have explored ways to address problems related to Afghan refugees living in the country and those being deported.
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2025-07-12 15:50
VP oversees return of undocumented Afghan refugees at northeastern settlement
TEHRAN –Vice-President for Women and Family Affairs Zahra Behrouz-Azar has paid a visit to Torbat-e-Jam settlement, northeastern Khorasan Razavi province, to oversee the process of returning undocumented Afghan nationals to their home country.
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2025-07-08 15:43
Over 80% of Afghan refugees voluntarily return home
TEHRAN – From the beginning of the current Iranian year, March 21, till June 27, a total of 717,658 Afghans have returned to Afghanistan; more than 80 percent of them were dispatched voluntarily.
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2025-07-01 15:39
IFRC seeks intl. aid to support Afghans deported from Iran
TEHRAN – The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has appealed for increased funding, essential supplies, and long-term support to help Afghans returning home from Iran rebuild their lives.
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2025-06-29 15:12
UNHCR voices concern over sharp increase in Afghan returns from Iran
TEHRAN – Following the deportation of unauthorized Afghans, with the implementation of a return deadline by the Government on March 20, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has warned that returns on a massive scale have the potential to destabilize the fragile situation in Afghanistan.
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2025-06-27 15:12
Some 33,000 illegal Afghan migrants deported in a day
TEHRAN –In an unprecedented move, a total of 33,000 undocumented Afghan refugees were sent back from Iran to their home country on Wednesday.
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2025-06-10 15:16
Ministry of Interior, UNICEF ink MOU on supporting Afghan refugee children, women
TEHRAN –The head of the National Organization for Migration, Nader Yar-Ahmadi, and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) ad interim Representative in Iran, Monika Oledzka Nielsen, have signed a memorandum of understanding to enhance support for vulnerable Afghan refugee children and women in the country.
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2025-05-28 15:49
Which Afghan nationals are allowed to stay in Iran?
TEHRAN – Afghan nationals who are university students, vulnerable women heads of households, children with an Iranian parent, and those who have a job code are allowed to live in the country.