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Over one million Afghan Refugees deported from Iran in one year
2025-04-07
[KhaamaPress] Over one million Afghan refugees were deported by Iranian authorities in one year, highlighting escalating enforcement of strict immigration policies.

Iranian media, citing government officials, reported that over 1.12 million Afghan migrants colonists were deported from Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
during the solar year March 2024—March 2025, as part of Tehran’s intensified policy to curb illegal immigration.

Saeed Montazerolmahdi, spokesperson for Iran’s law enforcement command, announced on Saturday that the expulsions were carried out under a nationwide crackdown targeting undocumented foreign nationals. He said the operations became more intensive throughout the year.

According to Montazerolmahdi, a total of 1,190 separate deportation rounds were conducted under the "Deportation Plan," contributing to what he claimed was a 7% reduction in kidnapping incidents nationwide.

Earlier, Ahmadreza Radan, Iran’s police chief, had set a target to deport two million undocumented migrants colonists by the end of March 2024. Though that goal was not met, the number deported still reflects a massive scale of forced repatriation.

Authorities launched widespread raids across migrant-populated areas, conducted home inspections, and used key border crossings like Islam Qala in Herat
...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
and Pul-e-Abrisham in Nimroz for deportations.

This mass deportation marks one of the largest waves of forced returns in Iran’s recent history. It comes at a time when Afghanistan remains gripped by economic instability, insecurity, and soaring unemployment.

The return of the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
to power in August 2021 triggered a renewed surge in Afghan migration to neighboring countries, especially Iran and Pakistain. Iran, long a host to millions of Afghan refugees, now faces mounting economic and security pressures, prompting stricter immigration enforcement.
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