Tasnim A delegation from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is going to visit Iran next month to make an assessment of the situation of refugees, especially the Afghans, UNHCR representative in Iran said. In an interview with the Tasnim News Agency in Irans northeastern city of Mashhad, Sivanka Dhanapala said the UN delegation ...

Press TV - The United Nations has praised Iran for generously hosting millions of violence-stricken asylum seekers and refugees, particularly those from neighboring Afghanistan. Iran has been exemplary in hosting refugees and keeping borders open, said Sivanka Dhanapala, head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees office in Tehran,...

UNHCR envoy alongside with political ambassadors and diplomatic representatives of foreign countries visited Afghan refugee camp in Tehran on Tuesday morning.   By IRNA

[caption id="attachment_154936" align="alignright" width="194"] Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Office in Iran Sivanka Dhanapala[/caption] TEHRAN (FNA)- Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Office in Iran Sivanka Dhanapala praised Iran's "exemplary" hospitality ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) A representative of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Iran said the Islamic Republic has hosted the largest refugee population in the world during the past 3 decades, and hailed Tehran for offering considerable humanitarian aid. The government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has effectively implemented its undertakings ...

Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) expressed gratefulness to the Russian authorities for their contribution and support to Iran for hosting Afghan refugees. MOSCOW, December 7 (Sputnik) Providing humanitarian aid toAfghan refugees inIran was partly possible thanks toRussia's contribution of $100,000, the Office ofthe UN High Commissioner ...

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has criticized the US-led sanctions against Iran, saying the banshave hindered the countrys humanitarian efforts to support the large number of refugees it is hosting, Press TV reports. In a Thursday news conference with Director General of the Iranian Interior Ministrys Bureau for Nationals ...