TEHRAN – An average daily return for 4,300 Afghan refugees from Iran has been registered between September 11th and 17th, UNHCR reported in a press release on Friday.
Daily returns have risen sharply since June 13th, with additional spikes recorded since June 25th. The trend has since declined, the report added.
The average daily life between September 11th and 17th was 4,300, which is significantly lower than the 7,400 last week. Nevertheless, current levels are far above the first quarter of 2025, when the daily average was around 3,500.
As of September 17, over 1.79 million Afghans had returned from Iran from March 20, 2025, bringing over 2 million since the start of the year, bringing 2.7 million from both Iran and Pakistan in 2025.
Returned for each document status
From September 11th to 17th, the headmaster of personnel accounted for 33% of total returnees, and 35% of total exiles became slip holder personnel. Looking at the broader period since March 20th, approximately 44% of total returnees and 44% of total outcasts are the slip holders’ heads.
Deportation
In 2025, deportation was a return of 1.24 million people (60% of the total). Of these, more than 816,000 Afghans have been deported since June 13th. July 2025 recorded the highest monthly deportation number in the last three years, with a total of 460,000 people being deported.
During the reporting period from September 11th to 17th, more than 30,400 individuals were deported, with 75% of them crossing the boundary point of Islamic Kara and 25% passing the boundary point of Zaranj. The percentage of excluded total return rates for the reporting week was 62%.
Solution Strategy for Afghan Refugees
A meeting of the local core group on solutions strategies for Afghan refugees (SSARs) took place in Tehran on September 3rd.
The ISNA reported that he is the head of Nader Yar-Ahmadi, director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ International Environment and Sustainable Development Secretariat and Nader Yar-Ahmadi, director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ International Environment and Sustainable Development Secretariat.
As head of the SSAR group, he was the Dutch Charge Dai Festival to Iran. Stephen Pleenor, United Nations Residential Coordinator in Iran. Representatives from various international organizations such as the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the World Health Organization (WHO), as well as representatives from embassies of participants in Germany, Italy, Italy, the Netherlands, Turkey, Turkey, Swarry and South Korea.
Working on the conference, Yal Ahmadi said Iran has been hosting Afghan refugees for almost 50 years, including a massive wave of Afghan migration in recent years. However, the contributions of the international community, Western countries, and SSAR members are inadequate and ineffective.
On his part, Hassani Nejad Pilkowhi emphasized the country’s unparalleled humanitarian measures, particularly in refugee hosting, saying that the international community, including European countries, does not fulfill its international commitment and responsibility under international refugee law. They have negatively affected the conditions by adopting a political and selective approach, imposing unilateral sanctions and enforcement measures against the government and Iranian people.
Representatives of international organizations, such as representatives of UN residents, detailed the notable actions the country took in dealing with the numerous refugees living in Iran.
During the meeting, UNHCR representatives proposed to hold trilateral consultations between Iran and Afghanistan. Iranian officials have expressed their readiness to hold talks on Pakistan’s existence and quadrilateral talks, stressing that greater coordination is needed for the trilateral talks.
The Afghan Refugees (SSAR) Solution Strategy was drafted in 2012 by Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan, with support from UNHCR. This strategy advances local approaches to solutions and promotes refugee burdens and shared responsibility at both regional and global levels.