Iran has witnessed the exit of nearly 490,000 undocumented Afghan nationals through the eastern Dogharoun border over the past four months, according to local authorities.
The deputy governor of Iran's Khorasan Razavi Province, bordering Afghanistan, has said approximately 490,000 undocumented Afghan nationals have left Iran voluntarily through the Dogharoun border crossing over the past 100 days.
Iran’s Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni has said approximately 400,000 foreign nationals have been returned to their home countries so far this year as part of the government’s efforts to regulate unauthorized immigration.
A new report by the Tehran Municipality’s Center for Studies and Planning reveals that decades of centralized development and neglect of peripheral regions have turned the Iranian capital, Tehran, into a magnet for internal migration at great cost, according to Shargh daily.
Iran’s top police commander Brigadier General Ahmadreza Radan has said that illegal foreign nationals residing in the country will not be treated as guests, as they have violated Iranian law.
Iran’s Ministry of Interior has announced a major shift in migration policy, beginning the systematic removal of millions of undocumented Afghan nationals and terminating many of their access rights to public services, including education and healthcare.
Tehran Governor Alireza Fakhari has announced that approximately 50% of Iran’s undocumented foreign nationals are currently residing in Tehran Province, underlining the urgency of addressing the issue as a top provincial priority.
The Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee has reported that approximately 6.1 million Afghan nationals currently reside in Iran, with the growth rate of their presence now stabilized.
Tehran's deputy governor for political and social affairs, revealed that approximately 85% of child laborers collected in the capital are Afghan nationals, adding that the children receive training at specialized centers before being returned to their families.
Iran's deputy interior minister for security affairs has raised public health concerns regarding undocumented Afghan migrants, acknowledging they account for approximately 25% of tuberculosis cases in Iran.
The Public and Revolution Prosecutor of Taybad, located in Iran’s Razavi Khorasan Province, announced a significant 50 percent decrease in the number of unauthorized Afghan nationals attempting to enter Iran last year compared to 2023.
Iran's Border Police Command announced the identification and deportation of more than 1.12 million undocumented foreign nationals, mainly from neighboring Afghanistan, during the Persian year 1403 (March 2024-March 2025), according to an official statement released on Sunday.
The Director-General of the Bureau for Aliens and Foreign Immigrants Affairs at the Ministry of Interior has outlined which Afghan nationals are permitted to remain in Iran under specific conditions.
Iran’s Interior Minister, Eskandar Momeni, emphasized that the number of foreign nationals residing in Iran exceeds the country’s capacity, affecting job opportunities.
Iranian Interior Minister, Eskandar Momeni, stated that unauthorized foreign nationals have taken numerous job opportunities in Iran, prompting the government to implement stricter labor laws to counter this issue effectively.
Iran’s Interior Minister, Eskandar Momeni, has revealed that the country currently hosts approximately 6 million foreign nationals, vast majority of them from Afghanistan, with at least 2 million residing illegally.
The Iranian Deputy Interior Minister for Security and Law Enforcement says the most significant security issue between Iran and Afghanistan is illegal Afghan migrants and their movement within Iran, putting legal and illegal Afghan migrants in Iran at 4.5 and 2 million respectively.
Iran has repatriated 586,000 undocumented Afghan nationals from various provinces to Afghanistan via the Dowqarun border crossing in Khorasan Razavi Province.
A member of the Iranian Parliament's Councils and Internal Affairs Committee has admitted that Iran faces challenges in managing illegal migrants, stating that the actual number of foreign nationals in Iran is much higher than the reported figures.
The Tehran Police Chief has highlighted the positive impact of deporting illegal immigrants mainly from neighboring Afghanistan on reducing crime in the Iranian capital, stating that approximately 160,000 illegal immigrants have been deported from Tehran to their countries.
Iran now hosts more than 60,000 Afghan university students, a figure unmatched worldwide, Mandana Tisheyar, deputy vice-chancellor of Iran’s Allameh Tabataba'i University said, nothing the number of Afghan students in Tehran surpasses that of Kabul.
Iran’s Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni has said at least 6 million foreign nationals are currently residing in the country, with a portion of them being undocumented.
