Some 520,000 illegal Afghan migrants have been deported through the Dogharon border in northeastern Khorasan Razavi province.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has appreciated Kuwait’s supportive stances for Palestine.

[caption id="attachment_147823" align="alignright" width="126"] Molavi School currently has 500 students and was named after a famous 13th century Persian poet[/caption] United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees(UNHCR)Representative and Deputy Representative along with the Deputy Director General of the Bureau for Aliens and Foreign Immigrants ...

Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi Prov, Jan 21, IRNA UNHCR representative in Iran Fatima Abdullah said the generous attitude of Iran towards Afghan refugees for the past three decades is commendable. Speaking in a ceremony for the opening of the 12-class Mowlavi School in Tabadkan rural district of Mashhad, the UNHCR representative appreciated Iran for generously ...

[caption id="attachment_146516" align="alignright" width="138"] From left to right: UNHCR Iran Representitive, Mr. Sivanka Dhanapala, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea, Mr. Song Woong-Yeob and WFP Iran Representitive, Ms. Negar Gerami[/caption] The Republic of Korea has confirmed a first ever multi-year contribution to United Nations High Commissioner ...

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 ...

[caption id="attachment_140177" align="alignright" width="183"] Afghan refugees in Islamic Republic of Iran[/caption] In spite of the existing financial and economic problems, the Russian government has the opportunity to support the Afghan children in Iran. These means will contribute to the considerable efforts that the Iranian authorities are making ...

Tehran, Dec 21, IRNA - The government of Germany has contributed 668,449 US dollars to cover for parts of the educational needs of Afghan refugees in Iran, said the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Sunday. UNHCR office also said the UN body remains committed to assist the government of Iran in the field of refugees' education ...

TEHRAN, Dec. 10 (MNA) Faced with multiple large-scale emergencies in the Middle East and Africa, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees yesterday warned donors at the agencys annual pledging conference that the worlds humanitarian financing system was close to bankruptcy. "More people are fleeing war, violence and persecution than ever ...

TEHRAN, Oct. 07 (MNA) Security Enforcement Deputy of Interior Ministry has urged more international aids for refugees in Iran. Addressing 150 member states of Executive Committee of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Deputy Minister for Security Enforcement Hossein Zolfaghari said Iran has been hosting Afghan refugees for three ...

[caption id="attachment_117775" align="alignright" width="283"] Kurds volunteering to fight Isis turned away at Turkish border[/caption] Tens of thousands of Kurdish refugees have fled to Syria-Turkey border region of Kobani to escape onslaught of Islamist militants Kurdish fighters fromTurkeyandIraqare scrambling to help defend a vital Kurdish safe ...

[caption id="attachment_117772" align="alignright" width="255"] The Ambassador of the Netherlands Johannes Douma and UNHCR Deputy Representative Fathia Abdalla at the agreement signing for the contribution of 111,000 US dollars under the SSAR.[/caption] Masoumeh, an Afghan refugee living in Tehran province, received equipment provided by UNHCR to ...

The UN says the number of Syrian refugees fleeing violence in the country has surpassed three million as the crisis is only getting worse. In a report released on Friday, the UNs refugee agency said that Syrias rising refugee crisis has surpassed a record, with a million people leaving the violence-stricken country in the last 12 months alone. Syria ...

[caption id="attachment_112336" align="alignright" width="247"] An Iraqi cleric from the Yazidi religious minority looks on, on August 17, 2014 at Yazidi holy Lalish temple situated in a valley in the Shikhan Mountains, in Kurdistan's western Dohuk province (AFP Photo/Ahmad al-Rubaye)[/caption] Geneva (AFP) - The UN refugee agency said Tuesday it ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Irans foreign minister expressed the hope that transition in the neighboring Afghanistan would take place peacefully. The establishment of stability and peace in Afghanistan is of great significance, said Mohammad Javad Zarif. He made the remarks during his meeting with the new representative of the UN High Commissioner ...

[caption id="attachment_107810" align="alignright" width="285"] Iftar brings UNHCR friends together, UNHCR staff together with recently appointed Deputy Minister of Interior, Mr. Hossein Zolfaghari[/caption] On the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan, a time to share and extend the hand of brotherhood and kindness , UNHCR and its main Governmental ...

Tehran, July 16, IRNA -- Iran has been hosting the largest number of Afghan refugees since past 30 years, said the deputy representative of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Office in Iran Fathia Abdalla. Speaking in a meeting with Hossein Esmaeili, governor of Ardekan city in Yazd province, Abdalla expressed satisfaction over ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Tehran slammed the US sanctions on Iran, saying such sanctions have hindered humanitarian supports Iran provides for the refugees inside the country. In general, the global economic situations have negatively affected our sources of income in the humanitarian ...

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 ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Head of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) Sub Office in Kerman, Giusepppe Di Caro praised Iran's performance in hosting and aiding foreign refugees, specially the Afghans and Iraqis. "I, as the representative of the UNHCR, praise the generosity and kindheartedness of the countries (such as Iran) that are hosting the refugees and present ...