Students protesting during Student Day at the University of Tehran, December 7, 2019. (Twitter) June 22, 2020 An Iranian official has denied that the country’s universities discriminate against Afghan students, despite the fact that they are barred from studying particular subjects, cannot join student unions and face severe restrictions on where they are [...]
Afghan men wearing clothes spattered in blood lay down on a road protesting against the Iranian regime during a protest outside the Iranian Embassy in Kabul, May 7, 2020. (EPA-EFE) June 22, 2020 New evidence from an investigation showed that Iran is responsible for the death of several migrants who were allegedly forced into a [...]
Shahab Mayel-Heravi (R) told IranWire that his family refused to accept Iranian citizenship until his father (L) was guaranteed his human and financial rights. (IranWire) June 20, 2020 When photographs of Shahab Mayel-Heravi’s burnt body were shared on Instagram, it sparked a fresh wave of protests over the plight of Afghan immigrants in [...]
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, second left, walks with Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani, left, during his official welcoming ceremony at the Saadabad palace in Tehran, April 19, 2015. (AP) June 19, 2020 President Ashraf Ghani’s government on Thursday came under fire from lawmakers who condemned the “soft” response to the summoning of its envoy [...]
A man walks past a painting on a wall with writing in the Dari Language reading "We cannot breath" during a protest themed Killings of Afghans in Iran, in Kabul, June 15, 2020. (AP) June 15, 2020 An Afghan lawmaker accused Iranian authorities on Monday of involvement in recent attacks on Afghan refugees [...]
Taliban fighters react to a speech by their senior leader in the Shindand district of Herat province, May 27, 2016. (AP) By Frud Bezhan June 10, 2020 A new breakaway Afghan Taliban faction that has close ties to neighboring Iran and opposes efforts aimed at ending the 18-year insurgency in Afghanistan has emerged. [...]
Afghan returnees from Iran carry their backpacks as they arrive in Herat on August 4, 2018. (AFP) June 9, 2020 Iranian police opened fire on a car carrying Afghan migrants in Yazd on June 3, setting the vehicle on fire and leading to the deaths of three people and to several others being [...]
At least three Afghan nationals burned to death and eight others were wounded in the incident. (APA) June 6, 2020 The Afghan foreign ministry said on Friday it is looking into the death of three Afghan citizens in Iran after their vehicle caught fire and being shot at by the police in Yazd [...]
Afghan job seekers queue for a work visa outside the Iranian embassy in Kabul. Undated. (UNHCR) May 28, 2020 Tehran has finally agreed to share the findings of a probe into the alleged drowning of 46 Afghan migrants by Iranian border guards earlier this month, Afghanistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed on Wednesday. [...]
Afghan National Army (ANA) keep watch at a check post in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, May 24, 2017. (REUTERS) May 21, 2020 Tehran will set up a team to investigate an incident in which Iranian guards were alleged to have been responsible for the drowning of a group of illegal Afghan migrants earlier this month, [...]
