An Iranian government official has told the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) that the country would no longer be able to resettle Afghan migrants without proper assistance from the international community. Mehdi Mahmoudi, who is in charge of foreign nationals and migrants department at the Iranian Interior Ministry, said on Tuesday that funds ...

Financial Tribune - Iran Health Insurance Organization has plans to extend health insurance to refugees in the next fiscal year that starts in March 2020. So far "approximately 92,000 foreigners are covered by the Salamat [health] Insurance Scheme," said an official with the IHIO. The scheme provides all registered Afghan and Iraqi refugees health ...

MNA Minister of Interior Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said that Islamic Republic of Iran has not prevented arrival of refugees into the country in spite of the US sanctions. He made the remarks Monday on the occasion of National Refugee Day, held at the venue of Conferences Hall of the ministry, and added, I seize this opportunity to express my thanks ...

MNA The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) welcomes a supplementary contribution of 1 million (approximately US$1.1 million) from the German Federal Foreign Office to support the most vulnerable Afghan and Iraqi refugees living in settlements in the Islamic Republic of Iran. WFP will use the funds to provide both cash and food assistance to ...

IRNA The United Nations (UN) high commissioner for refugees described Irans recent policies on health insurance as very effective. Filippo Grandi made the remarks in a meeting with an Iranian deputy interior minister, and said, However, these actions have been very costly for the Iranian government, thus it demands international assitance.' The ...

MNA |Maryam Qarehgozlou: Global refugee compact will mobilize support for protracted refugee situation in Iran, UN Refugee Agency, Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Volker Trk, said on Monday. Global refugee compact is an effort by all 193 members of the United Nations to design to protect those who are forced to flee and support the ...

April27, The Iran Project An Iranian official says international organization hails Iran's humanitarian efforts due to the country's educational services to refugees' children. Following Supreme Leaders order not to deprive Afghan children, even undocumented or illegal ones, from education, 77 thousand students of the families of illegal nationals ...

IFP- An Iranian official declared that immigrants and refugees who have a work permit and reside in Iran will be covered by the Social Security Organisation. Foreign nationals and refugees who have a work permit and are residing inside the country will be covered by the Social Security Organisation and can benefit from pension payment, blood money ...

The Iranian interior minister says the UN has failed to provide Tehran with sufficient aid to help the country cover the expenses of the services it is offering to refugees on its soil, particularly Afghan nationals. Abdolreza Rahmani-Fazli made the remarks in a Tuesday meeting with UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi in ...

Tehran, Sept 4, IRNA United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O'Brien on Sunday hailed Iran for 'historical hosting' of three million refugees. He made the remarks in a meeting in Tehran with Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli. O'Brien, in the meantime, regretted three deaths ...

Tehran, May 17, The Iran Project Managing director of Irans sister cities development center says Iran has pursued its humanitarian goals unconditionally. Stressing on Irans humanitarian attitude towards immigrants issue, Alireza Rajaee, managing director of Irans sister cities development center said on Tuesday that the country has unconditionally ...

The latest United Nations survey on international migrant trends reports that Iran is one of the worlds four countries with the highest number of refugees. According to the Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2015 Revision, refugees are mainly in Pakistan, Lebanon, Iran, Jordan and come mainly from three countries Syria, Afghanistan and ...

[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 ...

[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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tehran, March 16, IRNA With a recent 6 million dollar donation in 2014, the Government of Japan, one of UNHCRs biggest donors, supports Afghan refugees in Iran to voluntarily repatriate to Afghanistan in safety and dignity. Also for those who stay in Iran it provides improved access to educational opportunities; health care and community based rehabilitation ...

Tehran, March 3, IRNA With a population of over 882,000 refugees, the Islamic Republic of Iran hosts one of the largest refugee population in the world. The Government of Iran with a minimal support from the international community tries its best to provide the basic needs of these refugees. However with the dramatic rise in living expenses, including ...

Tehran, Feb 20, IRNA - The fourth visit of Antonio Guterres, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to Iran, February 17-19, 2014, ended on positive points. Guterres referred to the visit as a successful one, where he had the opportunity to convey two important messages. The first and foremost being the gratitude of UNHCR to the Government ...

New York, Nov 9, IRNA Deputy Irans Permanent Representative to the United Nations Gholam-Hossein Dehqani said Friday that the health and educational conditions of refugees in Iran have been improved despite unjust international sanctions imposed on the country. Addressing a meeting of the UN Social, Humanitarian Cultural Affairs Commitee (Third Committee) ...