News: Iran

Iran shelling displaced hundreds in north Iraq -HRW

SC.WebAdmin — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:08:12 +0000

Source: Reuters * HRW says attacks wounded "unknown number of villagers" * Iran has denied its troops crossed Iraqi border DUBAI, July 13 (Reuters) - Iranian attacks against Kurdish guerrillas that ...

Returning refugees in need of winterized shelter

SC.WebAdmin — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:30:00 +0000

Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) Refugees who had to leave their camp in Iran have been provided with winterized shelter and NFI's when returning to the Afghan side of the border. A NRC emergency team has recently completed the ...

AFGHANISTAN: Plight of child deportees from Iran

SC.WebAdmin — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:16 +0000

HERAT Sunday, March 22, 2009 (IRIN) - The more than 1,000 children deported from Iran to Afghanistan’s western province of Herat in 2008 face poverty and are at risk of abuse, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and provincial authorities.

In Brief: Iran urges international NGOs to help refugees there

SC.WebAdmin — Thu, 14 May 2009 11:00:08 +0000

DUBAI Sunday, May 10, 2009 (IRIN) - The Iranian government is seeking greater assistance from international NGOs to meet the needs of hundreds of thousands of refugees, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). Some international NGOs already work with refugees in Iran, but several left the country earlier this decade because of difficult working conditions.

UNHCR chief visits, praises refugee camp in eastern Iran

SC.WebAdmin — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:06:15 +0000

Source: UNHCR High Commissioner Guterres visits an Iranian camp for refugees and calls on the international community to do more to ensure they can finally go home.

UNHCR chief visits, praises refugee camp in eastern Iran

SC.WebAdmin — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:01 +0000

High Commissioner Guterres visits an Iranian camp for refugees and calls on the international community to do more to ensure they can finally go home.

UNHCR helps more than 250,000 Afghans return home since January

SC.WebAdmin — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:47:37 +0000

Source: UNHCR More than quarter-of-a-million Afghans have returned home with UNHCR help so far this year from Pakistan and Iran, many due to problems faced in exile.

Afghan returns surpass 250,000 for the year

SC.WebAdmin — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:01 +0000

UNHCR has assisted more than a quarter-million Afghans to return home so far this year from Pakistan and Iran, many of them reportedly due to economic and security uncertainties faced in exile. Since January,...

UNHCR helps more than 250,000 Afghans return home since January

SC.WebAdmin — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:01 +0000

More than quarter-of-a-million Afghans have returned home with UNHCR help so far this year from Pakistan and Iran, many due to problems faced in exile.