Iran FM Calls for Attention To Impacts of Humanitarian Issues of Afghanistan on Region
Hossein Amir Abdollahian, Iran's foreign minister, has asked the international community not to forget the humanitarian issues of Afghanistan and its consequences on neighbouring countries.
In a meeting with UN officials in Geneva on Tuesday, Abdollahian said that despite the increase in Afghan immigrants in Iran, Tehran has received little support.
Iran foreign ministry in a statement said, "The Islamic Republic of Iran has hosted millions of Afghan immigrants for more than four decades. However, international support has not been proportionate to the increase in the costs imposed on Iran due to the arrival of Afghan immigrants in recent years.”
Iran's foreign minister has said that after the takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban, in the last year and a half, Afghan citizens have immigrated to Iran in a unprecedented manner.
He discussed Afghan immigrants’ issues in a meeting with the officials of the United Nations Office for Humanitarian Aid, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Iran’s Foreign Minister has also said that unilateral sanctions on this country have had a destructive effect on the motivation of financial sponsors to shoulder the burden of hosting Afghan citizens.
After the fall of the previous government in 2021, thousands of Afghan citizens have been displaced to Iran due to security threats and poverty in Afghanistan.
