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IRAN, JUL 9 – Iran has expelled over 500,000 Afghans since late June amid unproven spying claims, causing severe humanitarian challenges and straining Afghan border reception centers, UN officials said.
- Between June 24 and July 9, 2025, over half a million Afghans were expelled from Iran, primarily crossing into Afghanistan amid Tehran's intensified deportation campaign.
- Iran launched this deportation effort in March 2025 and accelerated it after a 12-day conflict with Israel, citing national security and alleging Afghan espionage without evidence.
- State media showed Tehran police rounding up mostly Afghan migrants forcibly, while many returnees faced harsh conditions, including extreme heat up to 40°C and scarce food and water.
- UN officials warned of the scale of returns as deeply alarming; one noted 250,000 arrived in a single July week, and 400 unaccompanied children arrived last week, stressing the crisis severity.
- The deportations have triggered international condemnation, raised humanitarian concerns in Afghanistan, and elicited calls for dignity and gradualism from Afghan authorities amid strained border reception centers.
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