Second SSAR partners meeting convened at BAFIA premises
Over the past five years, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, UNHCR and national and international partners consisting of several NGOs and INGOs have firmly rooted their assistance to Afghan refugees in the regional, multi-year framework of the Solutions...
Happy International Women’s Day 2017
Inauguration of Shahid Mohseni school in Shahid Naseri settlement in Markazi province
UNHCR together with its counterparts, the Bureau for Aliens and Foreign Immigrants Affairs and the Ministry of Education, inaugurated their joint project Shahid Mohseni School; a 12-classroom primary school for girls and boys constructed in Shahid Naseri Settlement in...
Announcement No. 1 regarding the registration scheme for Afghan nationals
Undocumented Afghan nationals whose children are currently enrolled in schools, undocumented Afghan nationals who married Iranian spouses, and also documented Afghan nationals whose spouse and children hold expired documentation/or do not have any type of...
The Launch of the ‘Afghan Committee for People with Disabilities’
The International Day of Persons with Disabilities was commemorated worldwide on 3rd December 2016. In Mashhad in northeast Iran, the occasion was marked through the launch of the newly created ‘Afghan Committee for People with Disabilities’ in close...
Appeal for peace by new UN Secretary-General, António Guterres
On my first day as Secretary-General of the United Nations, one question weighs heavily on my heart. How can we help the millions of people caught up in conflict, suffering massively in wars with no end in sight? Civilians are pounded with deadly force. Women,...