Iran has temporarily shut its consulate in the Afghan city of Herat after protesters there attacked the mission’s compound, the official IRNA news agency reported Tuesday quoting a foreign ministry source.
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The plight of Afghan refugees in Iran
Afghan refugees in Iran are increasingly facing an unbearable situation as the state policies towards them become explicitly racist.
Illegal residents being processed by the thousands: official
The head of immigration for Tehran Province has announced: “560,000 unauthorized citizens have been identified and processed.”
Afghan refugees barred from two provinces
The head of Iran’s immigration office has announced that Afghan asylum seekers are not allowed to reside in the two Iranian provinces of Mazandaran and Hormozgan.
Afghan immigrants barred from specific provinces, studies
The Education Assessment Office, a branch of the Education Ministry, has published a list of areas of study that will no longer accept foreign nationals, as well as regions of Iran where foreign nationals such as Afghan immigrants are not allowed to reside.
Film community denounces discrimination
Following Mazandaran Provincial government’s decision to expel all Afghan immigrants, a group of Iranian filmmakers and actors including Daryoosh Mehrjui, Mani Haghighi and Leila Hatami travelled to Mazandaran to express their support for Afghan immigrants living in Iran.
Farhadi shows support for Afghan immigrants
Prominent Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, in a gesture of support for Afghan immigrants in Iran, is holding screening and discussion sessions of his award-winning film A Separation for those immigrants.
Iranian schools persist in rejecting Afghan children
Afghan children are still being denied entry into Iranian schools, says Afghan Ministry representative in Iran, despite the recent directive from the president’s office that removed all enrollment restrictions for foreign school-age children without status.