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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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”.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.