Dozens of Iranian citizens protested against the presence of Afghan immigrants on the streets of Eqbaliyeh City in Qazvin province. They chanted that Afghans must leave Iran.
In a neighbourhood of this city, protesters attacked the house of Afghan immigrants with stones and sticks.
Video clips have been posted on social media showing the presence of Iranian riot police to prevent further violence.
Protesters gathered in front of Eqbaliyeh City Council and chanted slogans against Afghan immigrants.
In another video clip from one of the neighbourhoods of Eghbaliyeh city, local youths attack the doors and windows of immigrants' houses with stones and sticks.
Afghan immigrants in this city advised each other not to leave the house, to have enough food, and to lock the doors and windows, in the messages that they send to each other on Telegram and WhatsApp group messages.
Another video clip, whose exact location and time cannot be determined, but has not been seen before, shows an elderly immigrant man sitting on the ground with a piece of bread in his hand, surrounded by several Iranian men. One of them hits this man on the head with his hand and insults him and other Afghans.
Following the rise of the Taliban group in Afghanistan, which was supported by Pakistan and Iran, millions of Afghan citizens were displaced and many of them sought refuge in neighbouring countries, including Pakistan and Iran.
Recently, following the reports of the increase in the presence of Afghans in Iran, the opposition to the presence of immigrants has intensified in the Iranian press and has led to violent reactions against Afghan refugees.
Some Iranian newspapers have repeatedly written articles against the increase in the presence of Afghan immigrants in Iran.
The United Nations and human rights organisations have so far been silent about the situation of Afghan immigrants in Iran.
