Habiba, an Afghan woman who fled Taliban rule to pursue a master's degree in engineering in Iran, was deported in July just ...

More than a million Afghans have returned from Iran this year, according to the U.N. — either forcibly deported or pressured ...

More than 1.5 million Afghans have left Iran since January, according to the UN Refugee Agency. A spokesperson from the ...

Afghan returnees say Iranians beat them and harassed them on the streets as Tehran whipped up dangerous rhetoric, accusing ...

What we are witnessing is not a breakdown of refugee policy, but the continuation – albeit with renewed intensity – of a longstanding strategy.

Earlier this year, Iran ordered Afghans living illegally in the country to leave. Since then, the government has labeled them ...

Afghans in Iran now occupy a charged space in the regime’s security calculus, seen as both potential infiltration risks and diplomatic leverage. From exploiting leaked UK asylum data to mass ...

More than 1.3 million Afghan refugees have been forced to leave Iran in 2025, according to the UN. For many, returning to ...

Iran’s interior ministry said it would offer online education to Afghan schoolgirls who the Islamic Regime are forcing to leave the country with their families by the end of this month.

Iran has been home to millions of Afghans for decades. They are a long-standing part of Iranian society, commonly working in demanding jobs such as construction.

Iran is reportedly deporting thousands of Afghans — including many legal residents — claiming it can no longer afford to host ...