Afghans gather at Iranian Embassy to reject divisive actions, celebrate brotherly relations
Demonstrators in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, have roundly denounced actions aimed at driving a wedge between the Iranian and Afghan people, calling for…
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Iran Urges Taliban to Contain Wave of Refugees
The influx of Afghan refugees to Iran cannot continue considering the country’s limited capacities, the spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry said,…
UN chief praises Iran for hosting Afghan refugees
Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres described Iran as a very influential country among the UN member states and praised…
Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence dismisses media hype on Afghan nationals
Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence in a statement on Saturday rejected false news against Afghan nationals as media hype. Pointing to the spread…
Iran to make medical services more affordable for Afghans
Iran Front Page – Iran says it plans to make health and treatment services more affordable for Afghan migrants, as there is…
Afghan child receives liver transplant in Iran
Tasnim – Surgeons in the Iranian capital of Tehran have given a new liver to an Afghan child, a report said. The…
Hostile media taking advantage of 2 tragic incidents to undermine Tehran-Kabul ties
MNA | Ramin Hossein Abadian: The two recent tragic incidents involving Afghan migrants have become a tool in the hands of the…
Foreign minister Zarif, NGOs weigh plans to help Afghans in Iran
MFA.ir – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and representatives of non-governmental charities have discussed the ways to address the problems that…
Kabul appreciates medical support for Afghan migrants in Iran
Tasnim – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan has expressed gratitude to the Islamic Republic for providing humanitarian support and medical…
Iran playing good host to millions of Afghan migrants for 4 decades
Press TV – Tehran has dismissed “baseless” media allegations about Iranian border guards’ involvement in the deaths of dozens of Afghan migrants near…
US anti-Iran allegations on Afghan refugees’ incident a ‘bitter joke’
MNA – Iran has lambasted the United States for baseless allegations with regard to the accident for Afghan refugees in Herat, terming…
Iran’s Zarif, Afghanistan’s Ghani hold phone talk
MNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani held a phone conversation on Tuesday, discussing a host…
UNHCR hails Iran’s hosting of Afghan refugees, vows more assistance amid coronavirus
Press TV – The representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Iran, Ivo Freijsen, has hailed as an…
Afghanistan lauds Iran’s treatment of Afghan COVID-19 patients
MNA – Afghanistan’s Foreign Ministry lauded the Islamic Republic’s assistance and cooperation in the free treatment of the Afghan refugees who have…
Iran official says Afghans should be barred from becoming employers
Radio Farda – The top official of Tehran Province Immigration Office has pointed to the participation of some Afghan residents in recent…
Afghan refugee’s ‘Dream’ coffee shop in Iran becomes reality
AP | NASSER KARIMI and MOHAMMAD NASIRItoday: With each serving of French press coffee poured delicately into a cup with steamed milk,…
EU sees spike in Afghan migrants as many leave sanctions-stricken Iran
Reuters – More Afghans than Syrians have migrated to the European Union so far this year, official data shows, making them the…
Iran offers more services to Afghan refugees than any other country: Minister
IRNA – Iran has treated Afghan refugees well over the past 40 years, said Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli on Monday…
Iran-US tension to send 3m Afghans to Europe: Luxembourg FM
IRNA – The foreign minister of Luxembourg warned against influx of about three million Afghan refugees living in Iran to Europe if…
Araqchi says he wanted to raise wrongful acts of West by Afghan issue
IRNA – Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Saturday that his remarks on Afghan refugees aimed to raise wrongful acts of…
Iran calls on western countries to shoulder int’l responsibility toward Afghan refugees
MNA – Iran has called on the western countries to take up on their responsibilities towards the Afghan refugees as an international…
WFP Iran welcomes a US$2 million contribution from the Republic of Korea
United Nations Iran – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a US$2 million contribution from the Republic of Korea to…
More than 700,000 Afghans leave Iran as economy slows
Reuters – More than 700,000 undocumented Afghans have returned from Iran this year as the Iranian economy tightens, with a knock-on effect…
Iran’s new breed of charities on poverty frontline
Bourse and Bazaar | AFP: At an outreach centre in southern Tehran, teenagers are learning to be journalists, while upstairs their mothers are fine-tuning…
Iran needs more help to support Afghan refugees – UNHCR chief
UNHCR – Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, commends progress in documentation, education, livelihoods and health for Afghans in Iran. Iran…
UNHCR chief lauds Iran’s leader support for Afghan refugees
IRNA – UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) chief on Monday lauded support granted by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei…
New wave of Afghans headed to Europe from Iran
MNA – In recent weeks, we have witnessed an exodus of Afghan citizens living in Iran and their efforts to find a…
Afghan immigrants leaving Iran after devaluation of Iranian currency
IFP – A huge number of Afghan immigrants and refugees have begun to leave Iran due to the recent decline in the…
EU should keep backing Afghan refugees: Iran
IRNA – Iranian Minister of Interior Abdurreza Rahmani Fazli demanded on Monday that the European Union to continue with its aid to…
1384 Afghan adults schooled in Bushehr
IRNA – In the past five years, 1384 Afghan adults became literate in Bushehr Province, southern Iran, said an Education Ministry official…
MP boasts Iran hosting 3 millions of Afghan refugees
MNA – Boroujerdi, Chairman of Iran’s Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, met on Sun. with Koufi, Chairwoman of Afghanistan’s Parliament…
Germany to join Iran in helping Afghan refugees
MNA – It is around 37 years that Iran is giving home to Afghan refugees affected by years of war in the…
Interior min. calls on UN to increase its cooperation on Afghan repatriation
MNA – Calling UN’s assistance for refugees in Iran as negligible, Iran’s Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said that UN should increase…
Iran good shelter to Afghan refugees: Envoy to UN
IRNA – Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Gholamali Khoshroo delivered a key note statement at the UN to…
Afghan minister praises Iranians’ hospitality
IFP- Afghan Minister for Labour and Social Affairs Faizullah Zaki has praised the Iranians’ hospitality towards the Afghan refugees. Visiting a technical…
Over 80k foreign nationals’ students in Iran become educated: Official
July 12, The Iran Project – An Iranian official says in accordance with a directive by Leader of the Islamic Revolution, more than 80,000…
Afghanistan’s Chief Executive hails Iran for hosting Afghan refugees
IRNA – Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah appreciated Iran for hosting the Afghan refugees during the past three decades. Abdullah made the…
Afghan kids continue to attend schools in Iran
IRNA – Deputy Head of the International Affairs Office at the Education Ministry said Afghan students can attend school in Iran as…
Germany boosts support for Afghan refugees in Iran
Financial Tribune- Germany will strengthen support for Iran’s policies for Afghan refugees by contributing five million euros ($5.58 million) in the next…
Iran open to legal residence of Afghan refugees: FM
Tasnim– Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif voiced the country’s readiness for consultations with neighboring Afghanistan on procedures for legalizing the residency…