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As returns of Afghan refugees and those living in refugee-like conditions from Iran and Pakistan increase – many forcibly – women and girls are arriving in a country where their rights, safety, and futures face severe threats, according to a new UN-led report. more
Afghanistan: Surging returns from Iran overwhelm fragile support systems, warns UN

More than 700,000 Afghan migrants have returned from Iran so far this year, including 256,000 in June alone, the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported on Monday, warn ...

UN report says Iran using app, tech to monitor women who are not wearing hijab

The Iranian Government has continued to ramp up efforts to restrict the rights of civilians, including young children and women, as part of a concerted effort to crush dissent, investigat ...

Human traffickers torture immigrants who attempted to reach Europe via Iran

Human traffickers and notorious smugglers are trying to cruelly treat immigrants who illegally attempt to reach Europe via Iran by holding them for ransom.

Returning Afghan refugees complaint of mistreatment by Iran security forces

Several Afghan refugees, who have returned to the country from Iran, have complained of mistreatment by the country's military.

Iran urged to end new rights clampdown following teenage girl’s death

Iran must end policies and practices “which amount to total impunity for acts of gender persecution against women and girls”, a group of experts appointed by the UN Human Righ ...

Iran: Draft hijab law tantamount to ‘gender apartheid’ say rights experts

A group of UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts expressed their grave concern on Friday over a new draft law in Iran sanctioning new punishments for women and girls who fail to wear ...

Record executions, large-scale arrests and detentions: New Iran human rights report

New York: The latest UN report on the human rights situation in Iran paints a grim picture of a record number of executions in 2022, arrests of thousands of children and numerous allegati ...

UN rights experts ‘deeply alarmed’ at continuing executions of Iran protesters

New York: The UN Human Rights Council-appointed panel of independent experts examining the Iranian Government’s response to protests that erupted there last November, has said that ...

Iran: Two women attacked with yogurt, arrested for not wearing hijab

Tehran: At least two women were arrested in Iran after being attacked with yogurt for suspectedly not wearing a head cover in the public.