Iran

More than 5,500 Afghan refugees were forcibly deported from neighboring Pakistan and Iran in a single day, an official said on Wednesday.

The governor of Iran’s Razavi Khorasan province, leading a trade delegation, says Tehran’s plan to expand imports from Afghanistan and strengthen commercial ties with Herat to meet regional market demands.

Nearly 4,000 Afghan refugees were forcibly repatriated from neighbouring Iran and Pakistan in a single day, an official said on Thursday.

More than 4,500 Afghan refugees were forcibly repatriated from neighbouring Iran and Pakistan in a single day, an official said on Wednesday.

More than 11,800 Afghan refugees were forcibly repatriated from neighboring Pakistan and Iran in a single day, an official said on Sunday.

At least nine Afghan migrants have been killed and seven others injured in a traffic accident in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan province, a media report said on Wednesday.

At least 13 Afghan migrants have been killed and seven others injured after two vehicles carrying Afghan migrants overturned in Iran’s Sistan and Balochestan province.

Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the country’s foreign minister, in a conversation with his Turkish counterpart, discussed bilateral relations as well as regional and international developments.

Iranian authorities say that 1.45 million Afghan migrants have been expelled from the country during the first six months of the current solar year.

France’s President Emmanuel Macron has indicated that major European nations are likely to reimpose international sanctions on Iran by the end of the month.

Iran on Monday expressed sympathy for Afghanistan’s earthquake victims, particularly the families of the deceased, and announced its readiness to assist the Afghan government with relief and rescue efforts in the eastern provinces.

Iran’s Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi has said two million undocumented Afghan refugees will be gradually deported by the end of this year.