News about Iran

Abdul Salam Hanafi, Administrative Deputy of the Prime Minister’s Office, has arrived in Herat at the head of a delegation to assess the situation of Afghan migrants who have been deported and returned from Iran. The delegation is scheduled to visit the Islam Qala border pic.x.com/nugXXkrcny

Local officials in Herat say that over the past two days, more than 60,000 Afghan migrants have entered the country from Iran through the Islam Qala border crossing. According to Ahmadullah Muttaqi, head of Information and Culture in Herat, most of these migrants have returned pic.x.com/4fgv9fVgoq

Thousands of Afghan families are being forced to return to #Afghanistan from Iran daily – at a time when already 1 in every 5 people are hungry in the country. WFP is providing emergency food assistance at the border and urgently needs $25 million to continue this support. pic.x.com/J9YTHUkyWG

As tens of thousands of Afghans return from Iran, UNHCR Representative Arafat Jamal speaks from the border about the urgent needs on the ground. Please donate to support Afghan returnees: donate.unhcr.org/int/en/give-afghanistan-forcedreturns pic.x.com/aPUxksp4G0