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Iran has executed an Afghan national convicted of murder, the Norway-based Iran Human Rights Organisation said Monday.

An Iranian official has confirmed that nearly 100000 undocumented Afghan migrants were deported from Iran in the past week. The confirmation comes amid mounting criticism from rights groups over the treatment of Afghan nationals in Iran.

A former senior Iranian diplomat has cautioned against conflating Afghan migrants with foreign intelligence threats, urging authorities to adopt a more humane and measured approach in dealing with migration issues.

More than 233000 Afghan migrants were returned from Iran between 1 and 27 June 2025, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) confirmed on Monday.

Afghan women’s-rights activists have pressed the United Nations to step up independent monitoring and documentation of abuses under Taliban rule, citing a sharp rise in violence and repression.

A seven-member delegation from the Taliban has travelled to Qatar to attend two United Nations-led working group meetings under the framework of the Doha Process, according to a report by the state-run Radio Television Afghanistan.

The Taliban’s High Commission for Addressing Migrant Issues announced that 9307 Afghan nationals were deported from Iran on Saturday.

The Taliban has once again denied the presence of ISIS in Afghanistan, following renewed concerns raised by a senior Russian security official over the group’s alleged activities in the region.

The Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) has condemned Iran’s mass deportation of Afghan migrants, calling the expulsions, and the reported abuse that accompanies them, a violation of international law and basic human dignity.

Iran has expelled more than 114000 Afghan nationals through the Islam Qala border crossing in just five days, following the ceasefire that ended its 12-day conflict with Israel, according to figures obtained by Afghanistan International.

The Taliban have announced that Sediqullah Khalid, deputy governor of the group-controlled central bank, held a meeting in Kabul with Jeffrey Grieco, president of the Afghan-US Chamber of Commerce.

Iran’s Prosecutor General, Mohammad Movahedi-Azad, has issued a warning to undocumented foreign nationals particularly Afghan migrants urging them to leave the country “as soon as possible” or face judicial action.

The World Health Organization (WHO) says it urgently requires $2 million in funding to continue providing essential health services to returning Afghan migrants over the next three months.

Iranian Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni has claimed that some foreign nationals entered Iran in recent years with the intention of carrying out acts of sabotage.

More than 88000 undocumented Afghan migrants were returned from Iran to Afghanistan between 19 and 25 June, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported on Friday.

Congressman Bill Huizenga has dismissed recent comments by Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, calling them “as illegitimate as the government he claims to represent.”

Iran has executed three Afghan nationals at Mashhad Central Prison on drug-trafficking charges, the Kurdish human-rights group Hengaw said Friday.

Thousands of Afghan migrants are queueing at the Islam Qala border crossing as deportations from Iran surge, raising fears of a humanitarian crisis in western Afghanistan.

Iranian authorities have stepped up pressure on Afghan migrants across the country, with reports of mass arrests, home and workplace raids, and the confiscation of mobile phones amid suspicions of links to Israel.

Molavi Abdolhamid Ismaeelzahi, a prominent Iranian Sunni cleric, has arrived in Kabul after visiting Afghanistan’s western provinces of Herat and Nimruz.

The Taliban has rejected recent remarks by US Congressman Bill Huizenga, who said that Afghanistan has once again become a haven for terrorist groups under Taliban rule.