Majid Mirahmadi, a senior official at the Iranian Interior Ministry has criticized European countries and international organizations for their failure to help Iran in accepting Afghan refugees. Mirahmadi, the deputy interior minister for security and law enforcement affairs, held talks with Bulgarian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Velislava ...

IRNA Deputy Interior Minister for security and disciplinary affairs Hossein Zolfaqari expressed concern over insecurity and crises in the region, especially in Afghanistan, accompanied with infiltration of Daesh terrorist elements. He made the remarks in executive committee meeting of the UN High Commission for Refugees in Geneva, Switzerland. Zolfaqari ...

IRNA Iranian embassy in Austria in a statement expressed regret over self-immolation of an Iranian and 4 Afghan refugees in Vienna and called for quick investigation over the issue. One Iranian and four Afghan refugees whose asylum claims have been rejected and they were waiting for deportation, set themselves on fire Saturday morning in their cells ...

IRNA - UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) chief on Monday lauded support granted by Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei for the Afghan refugees. The Leader of Islamic Revolution's decree in support of Afghan children's education was a big step forward worth admiring, Filippo Grandi noted during his visit to a refugee camp in ...

MNA In recent weeks, we have witnessed an exodus of Afghan citizens living in Iran and their efforts to find a new place for business. The devaluation of Iran's national currency, partly driven by cruel US sanctions and the silence of European countries with regard to Trump's actions, has sorely damaged the Afghans finances. A large proportion ...

IFP - The German Interior Ministry says one of 69 Afghan refugees it deported last week has committed suicide on the way back home. According to the Afghan authorities, it was a suicide, a German Interior Ministry official told a news conference on Wednesday, adding, We received confirmation from the Afghan authorities today morning that one ...

MNA Boroujerdi, Chairman of Iran's Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, met on Sun. with Koufi, Chairwoman of Afghanistans Parliament Civil Society, Human Rights and Womens Affairs Commission, and reminded her of Irans services to Afghan refugees. Providing services to around 3 million Afghan refugees is one of things that ...

Tasnim - Over 76,400 Afghan refugees have returned or been deported from neighboring Pakistan and Iran since the beginning this year, the UN Migration Agency (IOM) reported Wednesday. "The total number of undocumented Afghan returnees since 1 January 2018 from Pakistan is now 3,032. In the same time period, 73,390 individuals returned or were deported ...

IRNA - Head of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Iran thanked Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei for ordering the Iranian officials to provide education for the Afghan children. Speaking in a local ceremony, Irina Cornici said that the UN Refugee Agency is thankful of the Leader of Islamic Revolution's order that provides Afghan refugees' ...

MNA Refugees and Repatriation Minister Sayed Hussain Alemi Balkhi said that Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei, issuing educational services to all Afghan immigrant students in Iran, contributed greatly to the Afghan people. In an interview with Mehr News correspondent, Alemi Balkhi said that the situation of the Afghan refugees ...

AFP- German police arrested seven Afghan asylum seekers in raids on refugee shelters Thursday on suspicion the men repeatedly raped an Iranian teenager and filmed the sexual assault. More than 30 police joined the raids on 10 rooms in several accommodation facilities in the towns of Nagold and Wildberg in the southwestern state of Baden-Wurttemberg,...

Tehran, Oct 7, IRNA Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani-Fazli said that Iran currently shoulders the heavy burden of supporting illegal Afghan refugees and nationals but it cannot continue the same in the long term. In a meeting with UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Antnio Guterres which took place on the sidelines of the 66th session ...

Tehran, Aug 12, IRNA Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said on Wednesday that 2,000 Afghan refugees enter Iran illegally a day. He made the remarks on the sidelines of trilateral meeting of ministries of health, Welfare and Interior to consider insurance services for the Afghan nationals. Rahmani Fazli said that after deporting from Iran,...