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The International Organisation for Migration recorded a sharp rise in the forced return of Afghans from Iran since May 2025. Most are families, it says (Photo: IOM Afghanistan)

Millions of Afghan refugees in Iran now face uncertain future

While Tehran promises retaliation following the US-led bombing raids to destroy Iran's nuclear sites, the fate of millions of Afghan refugees in the country hangs in the balance.

Entire families of Afghans were being uprooted and facing forced returns to their home country over the past few months.

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

The International Organisation for Migration recorded a sharp rise in the forced return of Afghans from Iran since May 2025. Most are families, it says (Photo: IOM Afghanistan)

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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