Refugees

Iran’s UK envoy:

Just 10 countries, including Iran, host 56% of world’s refugees

TEHRAN, Dec. 11 (MNA) – The Iranian Ambassador to London Hamid Baedinejad said 56% of the world’s 21 million refugees are being hosted by just 10 countries, including Jordan and Iran.

Red Crescent hails Iran’s coop. in supporting Afghan immigrants

MASHHAD, Nov. 20 (MNA) – Vice-President of International Committee of the Red Cross Gilles Carbonnier hailed Iran's efforts in supporting the large number of Afghan immigrants residing in the country.

Iran, Afghanistan confer on refugee issues

TEHRAN, Oct. 06 (MNA) – Iran's Deputy Interior Minister for Security Affairs, Hossein Zolfaghari, held talks with Afghanistan’s Minister of Refugees and Repatriations Hussain Alami Balkhi on the sidelines of the 69th session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme.

Interior min. calls on EU to fund costs of sheltering refugees

TEHRAN, Sep. 03 (MNA) – Iranian Interior Minister Rahmani-Fazli said it is high time for Europe and other more capable countries to fund the economic, social and political costs that refugees impose on other nations.

UN commissioner:

‘Impressed by Iran’s measures for supporting refugees’

TEHRAN, Sep. 03 (MNA) – United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said that he is significantly impressed by the measures adopted by the Islamic Republic of Iran in past two years for supporting refugees.

FM Zarif meets with UNHC for refugees

TEHRAN, Sep. 02 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and the Commissioner of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi discussed the latest status of Syrian and Afghan refugees in a meeting on Sunday.

36,000 foreigners enjoying welfare services in Iran

TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) – Iranian Social Security Organization’s general director for foreigners said on Monday that the organization has provided welfare services to foreigners working in Iran.

Interior min., EU Commissioner for Migration discuss bilateral coop.

TEHRAN, Jun. 25 (MNA) – Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli met and held talks with European Union Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos and his accompanying delegation today at the venue of the Interior Ministry.

UNHCR's Volker Turk arrives in Tehran

TEHRAN, May 27 (MNA) – UNHCR's Assistant High Commissioner for Protection Volker Türk has arrived in Tehran on Sunday for a two-day visit.

Iranian donors to Rohingya Muslims to be appreciated on Wed.

TEHRAN, Feb. 19 (MNA) – The Iranian philanthropists who joined some other international charities to build and open a school at a refugee camp in Bangladesh to serve the Rohingya refugees will be honored on Wednesday in Tehran.

FM Zarif calls for maintaining coop. with UNHCR

TEHRAN, Jan. 07 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif met with UNHCR representative where he highlighted Iran’s extensive, generous measures in aiding refugees and called for maintaining cooperation with UNHCR.

Germany contributes €1mn for refugees in Iran

TEHRAN, Dec. 18 (MNA) – Germany in support of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has contributed €1 million for food assistance to 30,000 most vulnerable Afghan and Iraqi refugees living in Iran.

Over 157k immigrants arrived by sea in Europe in 2017

GENEVA, Nov. 15 (MNA) – More than 157,000 immigrants arrived by sea in Europe from January to the current date and 2,966 died in the attempt, said a report issued today.

Zarif meets counterparts from China, Denmark, Slovenia in NY

TEHRAN, Sep. 22 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif who is New York after the UNGA for ministerial meetings, met with his Chinese, Danish, and Slovenian counterparts as well as UN refugee commissioner.

Iran distributes humanitarian aid to Rohingya refugees

TEHRAN, Sep. 17 (MNA) – An Iranian delegation, headed by FM Rahmipour, made a visit to refugee camp of Rohingya Muslims in border areas of Bangladesh and Myanmar.

87000 Rohingya Muslims escape Myanmar violence

TEHRAN, Sep. 04 (MNA) – A total of 87,000 mostly Rohingya refugees have arrived in Bangladesh since violence erupted in neighboring Myanmar on Aug. 25, the United Nations said today.

Danish amb., DRC officials visit funded places for refugees in Karaj

TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) – A delegation consisting of Denmark's Ambassador to Tehran Danny Annan, along with DRC Country Director Ruta Nimkar, visited a number of places in Alborz province established under the funding of Danish Refugee Council (DRC).

UN outstands high percentage of S Sudanese refugees

NAIROBI, May 10 (MNA) – than a million children ran away from war in South Sudan, since the armed conflict started in December 2013.

Iran warns Turkey against abusing humanitarian issues for politics

TEHRAN, Mar. 27 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi slammed recent remarks by Turkish PM and his deputy and described them strange.

FM Zarif:

History to record ‘Muslim Ban’ as great gift to extremists

TEHRAN, Jan. 29 (MNA) – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has reacted to the decision of the new US government to restrict arrivals from the Iran and six other Muslim countries.

Khoshroo meets new UN chief

TEHRAN, Dec. 10 (MNA) – Mr. Gholam Ali Khoshroo, the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations, met and talked with UN Secretary General-designate, Antonio Guterres, on Thursday.

FM Zarif:

Secure Afghanistan ‘vital to Heart of Asia region prosperity’

TEHRAN, Dec. 04 (MNA) – Iran’s FM Zarif stressed the country’s full support for the National Unity Government of Afghanistan, saying a secure and stable Afghanistan is vital to the prosperity of the Heart of Asia region.