By Meena Barek and Roya Zamani VOA News August 8, 2024 Washington — When the Taliban overran the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif in August 2021, Aminullah Ranjbar, a police officer, says he had “no option” but to flee with his family to Iran. The Ranjbars have been living in Tehran as undocumented refugees for
Ariana: A senior Iranian security official on Wednesday asked illegal immigrants to leave and return to their country in the next seven months. According to IRNA news agency, Ahmad Reza Radan, Iran’s Law Enforcement commander, said that Iran’s policy calls for the return of all undocumented immigrants from the country. This comes as most of
Afghanistan International: Sources in Iran reported that a 15-year-old Afghan teenager has suffered severe injuries, including a broken neck, as a result of police torture. According to these sources, an officer in plainclothes in the village of Absard, Damavand County, restrained Seyed Mehdi by holding his arms and legs while another officer placed his knee
Khaama: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, on the occasion of the 26th anniversary of the killing of its diplomats in Mazar-e-Sharif, has called on the Taliban administration to punish the perpetrators. In a statement released on Wednesday, August 7th, the Ministry described the murder of Iranian diplomats in Mazar-e-Sharif,
Afghanistan International: The Iranian human rights organisation Hengaw has issued a warning about the increasing levels of government and social racism directed at Afghan migrants in Iran, describing the situation as “catastrophic”. In a statement released on Monday, Hengaw noted a significant rise in anti-Afghan racism within the country, both at the governmental and social
Ariana: A senior Iranian diplomat said on Sunday that in urging the formation of an inclusive government in Afghanistan, Tehran did not mean this to be a coalition or power-sharing administration. Sayed Rasoul Mousavi, director of the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s South Asia division, welcomed a recent meeting held by the Afghan Foreign Ministry on Kabul-Tehran
Khaama: According to an Iranian official in Qeshm, Iran, about 378 shops operated by “unauthorized refugees” have been closed. Omid Mahdavi-Majd, the Prosecutor of Qeshm, Iran, announced the closure of 378 shops that were operated by “unauthorized migrants.” He stated that these closures were executed in collaboration with the Islamic Republic’s security forces. Click here
By Abubakar Siddique Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 1, 2024 The killing of Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of the EU- and U.S.-designated Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, has thrown the Middle East into crisis. But his assassination in a suspected Israeli strike in Iran on July 31 and the heightened risk of a broader war also
Khaama: Iranian officials have announced that negotiations with representatives of the Taliban administration regarding Iran’s water rights from the Helmand River are ongoing and have entered a new phase. According to IRNA on Thursday, July 25th, 2024, Issa Bozorgzadeh, a spokesperson for Iran’s Water Industry, reported that the Kamal Khan Dam needs to be modified
Khaama: According to the Iranian Mehr News Agency on Tuesday, July 23, General Akbari reported that the project to seal the shared borders between the Khorasan Razavi region and Herat province spans 300 kilometres and is currently underway. Akbari emphasized that the walls of this project will be 4 meters high, 3 meters and 70