US EditionIran drives out 1.5 million Afghans, with some branded spies for Israel
IRAN, AUG 1 – Iran accuses some Afghan migrants of spying for Israel and has forcibly deported over 1.5 million since January amid heightened security concerns, the UN Refugee Agency reported.
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According to the UN, more than 1.3 million Afghan refugees were forced to leave Iran in 2025. For many, returning means crashing into existential distress.
This article was first published on Cedarnews.net. For more news and exclusive reports, visit our website. BBC Some Afghans in Iran accused of working for Israel Ali Ahmad's eyes filled with tears as he lifted his shirt to reveal deep bruises on his back. He says Iranian officers assaulted him while he was in detention and accused him of spying. “They used water hoses, iron pipes, and wooden planks to beat me. They treated us like animals.” He w…
More than one million Afghans, some of whom had been born in Iran or had been living there for decades, were forcibly returned to Afghanistan in 2025 as part of an illegal expulsion campaign carried out by the Iranian authorities, and these mass expulsions intensified with the rise of hostilities between Israel and Iran, with more than half a million Afghans being expelled since 1 June 2025, including several thousand unaccompanied minors.
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