Afghanistan, Oct. 29 -- Iran's Interior Ministry says 1.456 million Afghan migrants have been expelled this year, while only 50 percent of the six-million Afghan population will be granted residence.
Iran confirmed on Tuesday that approximately 1.456 million Afghan nationals have been deported from the country since the start of this year, according to Nader Yarahmadi, head of the Centre for Foreign Nationals and Migrants of the Interior Ministry.
He told delegates at the fourth ministers' meeting of the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) that a six-million strong Afghan migrant population lives in Iran. Yarahmadi stated that only 50 percent of that population would receive residence permission under Tehran's plan.
According to Yara...