US EditionIran Accelerates Afghan Expulsions Charged with Collaborating with Israel
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After the ceasefire with Israel, Iran is taking a tougher course against Afghans in the country. Social networks are fueling hatred of them.
Jerusalem Post
The Straits TimesSurge in Afghans driven from Iran in spy hunt after Israel attacks
The United Nations refugee agency estimates Iran deported home an average of more than 30,000 Afghans each day during the war, up 15-fold from about 2,000 earlier.
Iranian officials accused some Afghans of collaborating with Israeli intelligence services during the conflict by conducting armed ground operations or providing information.
The regime in Tehran has found a culprit for the continuing miserable economic situation: the migrants from Afghanistan.
More than 30,000 Afghans were expelled from Iran every day during the war, according to UN data. • At the same time, arrests against them continue - as do those against the Kurdish population, with roadblocks set up across the country. • And the other enemy: the head of the Atomic Energy Agency - who is accused of justifying the war.
The UN estimates that Tehran expelled an average of more than 30,000 Afghans a day during the war with Israel, 15 times more than the period before. Many Afghans described hostility and persecution from the regime, which made them scapegoats. "They say the Afghans sided with their enemies and must return."
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