Kabul, Nov. 21 -- Iran's Interior Minister stated that nearly six million foreign nationals are currently living in the country, Tolo News reported, with Minister Iskandar Momeni noting that more than 1.5 million migrants have returned to Afghanistan during the ongoing solar year.

Expanding on the scale of these returns, Momeni told Iranian media that "so far, about 1.5 million foreign nationals have been returned," stressing that Iran's capacity to host migrants remains limited despite "historical, cultural, and religious ties" with neighbouring nations.

He added that "over 70 per cent of this 1.5 million returned voluntarily," according to Tolo News.

However, while Iranian authorities present the returns as orderly and voluntary, Afg...