Refugees Crisis

Thousands return home to Lebanon after Israel-Hezbollah truce

TEHRAN, Nov. 27 (MNA) – As a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah came into effect, much of Lebanon was quiet for the first time following 14 months of a conflict on Wednesday.

UN says 1.4 mln refugees returned to South Sudan in 5 years

TEHRAN, Jul. 20 (MNA) – More than 1.4 million South Sudanese refugees have returned home between the signing of a revitalized peace agreement in October 2018 and May 31, 2024, the UN refugee agency said.

Iran FM offers proposal to UNSC about Palestine issue

TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) – The Iranian foreign minister presented his country's proposal on the Palestinian question at the high-level meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Friday.

Iran condemns Western states for UNRWA funding suspension

TEHRAN, Jan. 28 (MNA) – Iran has condemned the suspension of funding by some Western countries for the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), saying such a move is an endorsement of war crimes and genocide by the Israeli regime.

21 Gaza hospitals totally non-functional: WHO

TEHRAN, Jan. 03 (MNA) – The World Health Organization has once again sounded the alarm over the deepening humanitarian and medical crisis in war-torn Gaza, calling on the international community to take action on critical situatation of Palestinians.

1.7 million Palestinians displaced in north, central Gaza: UN

TEHRAN, Jan. 02 (MNA) – The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) has disclosed that over 1.7 million Palestinians have been displaced from the northern and central areas of the Gaza Strip.

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Iran urges Int’l assistance in hosting Afghan refugees

TEHRAN, Dec. 14 (MNA) – The Iranian foreign minister urged the international bodies to help Afghanistan develop necessary infrastructures to attract Afghan refugees back.

60 internally displaced people die from starvation in Congo

TEHRAN, Sep. 23 (MNA) – At least 60 internally displaced people have died from starvation in the central Congo province of Kwilu, the Provincial Humanitarian Commission said Friday.

Over 1 million may flee Sudan conflict: UN

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) – The UN refugee agency warned on Tuesday that an earlier projection that conflict in Sudan would prompt 1 million people to flee across its borders is likely to be surpassed.

Iran 2nd biggest refugee-hosting country: UN official

TEHRAN, Jun. 20 (MNA) – Hosting 3.4 million refugees, Iran has been recognized as the second largest refugee-hosting country in the world after Turkey, head of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Mashhad said.

29 dead, 11 rescued off Tunisia in migrant boat sinkings

TEHRAN, Mar. 27 (MNA) – Boat sinkings off the coast of Tunisia over the weekend killed at least 29 people from countries in sub-Saharan Africa who were trying to make the perilous crossing of the Mediterranean Sea to Italy.

Kan'ani:

Will intl. cmty hold Canberra accountable for refugees death?

TEHRAN, Jan. 31 (MNA) – In reaction to the death of an Iraqi refugee at Villawood detention centre in Sydney's west, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kan'ani questioned human rights issues in Australia.

5 dead after boat carrying migrants sinks off Tunisia’s coast

TEHRAN, Jan. 08 (MNA) – At least five African migrants died and another 10 were missing after a boat sank off Tunisia, as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, a judicial official said‮ ‬on Saturday.

Iran calls on human rights claimants to host Afghan refugees

TEHRAN, Dec. 21 (MNA) – Saying that Iran and its neighboring countries are not the only countries that should be responsible for hosting Afghan refugees, Iran's permanent envoy to the UN called on human rights claimants to accept Afghan refugees too.

Envoy:

Iran spared no effort in offering services to Afghan refugees

TEHRAN, Dec. 03 (MNA) – Iran's ambassador and permanent representative to the Geneva-based UN says that Iran has during the years of the past four decades spared no effort in offering services to the Afghan refugees despite the sanctions.

17 Haitian refugees killed as boat capsizes off Bahamas

TEHRAN, Jul. 25 (MNA) – Seventeen people have died after a boat carrying dozens of Haitian refugees capsized off the coast of the Bahamas, authorities said.

Senior Iranian diplomat:

Iran bearing brunt of most number of refugees in region

TEHRAN, Jun. 20 (MNA) – Iran bears the brunt of the most refugees among the countries of the region, based on Islamic and humanistic standards, Special envoy of the Iranian President for Afghanistan Hassan Kazemi Ghomi said on Monday.

Thousands of Afghan refugees return home each day: Taliban

TEHRAN, Jun. 18 (MNA) – According to the Information and Culture Department in Nimroz, thousands of Afghan refugees return to Afghanistan from Iran on a daily basis.

Taliban delegation to visit Iran for talks on Afghan refugees

TEHRAN, May 30 (MNA) – A delegation of senior Taliban officials, headed by Taliban's Refugee Minister Khalil-ur-Rahman Haqqani, is scheduled to travel to Iran in the very near future to discuss the latest situation of Afghan refugees.

War in Ukraine must be stopped: UN chief

TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA) – Secretary-General of the United Nations, who is visiting Moldova concurrent with the third month of war in Ukraine, said that catastrophe and crisis of refugees show that the war is meaningless and must immediately be stopped.

Abdullah calls on Iran to support Afghanistan development

TEHRAN, Apr. 30 (MNA) – Former chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation of Afghanistan called on Iran to continue its support for the development of Afghanistan and to strengthen relations between the two countries.

Delegation of Afghan refugees ministry to visit Iran

TEHRAN, Apr. 26 (MNA) – A delegation from the Afghan ministry of refugees and repatriation is scheduled to visit Tehran to discuss the issues related to the Afghan refugees in Iran.

Over 12 m people in Ukraine displaced: UN official

TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) – More than 12 million people have been forcibly displaced by the war in Ukraine, the United Nations IOM Director General, Antonio Vitorino said on Twitter before attending a Security Council meeting.

Khatibzadeh:

UK deporting of refugees to Rwanda violation of intl. laws

TEHRAN, Apr. 16 (MNA) – The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh described the British government’s declared plan to forcibly send the refugees in the UK to Rwanda as shrinking from the country’s international obligations.

Nearly 100 die in boat tragedy in Mediterranean Sea, UN says

TEHRAN, Apr. 04 (MNA) – Nearly 100 people have died in international waters after setting off from Libya in an overcrowded boat, international organizations said.

US sanctions threaten Iranian people’s right to health

TEHRAN, Mar. 30 (MNA) – An Iranian envoy to the United Nations has denounced the unilateral coercive measures imposed by the US as a “serious threat” to the nation’s right to health and have access to medicines.