04/07/2025
Thousands of Afghan refugees are being deported from Iran and the world is staying silent.
Many of these refugees have lived in Iran for years. Some were even born and raised there. Many have legal visas or refugee documents. Iran is the only home they’ve ever known.
Now, Iranian authorities are forcing them out. Women, children, and entire families are being dragged from their homes, loaded into trucks, and abandoned at the border under the burning sun — with no food, water, or shelter.
To make things worse, markets and shops inside Iran have reportedly been ordered not to sell food to refugees.
Many deported refugees say they weren’t even paid the salaries they earned in recent months before being expelled. They’ve lost everything — their homes, their jobs, and their dignity — in just days.
Now, they’re stranded in a dangerous no-man’s-land, facing Taliban threats and extreme heat. Among them are former Afghan soldiers, ex-government employees, especially women targeted by the Taliban simply for being educated.
According to UNHCR, over 1 million Afghans have been forced to return from Iran this year alone, many under pressure and in unsafe conditions. On 1 July alone, 43,000 returned — the highest daily number yet. UNHCR warns it cannot keep up with the scale of need at the border without urgent global support.
These are not just headlines. These are human lives. Their only “crime” was trying to live in safety.
This is a humanitarian crisis. The world must not look away.
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
IOM - UN Migration
Amnesty International
International Committee of the Red Cross
UNHCR Afghanistan
Save the Children
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