Refugee rejection or asylum? War or peace? / Alireza Goodarzi

I still hadn’t started school, in the early 1990s, one day we went to visit one of our relatives and I was playing with my cousin in the alley. A childish argument broke out and both sides were using the word “Afghani” as an insult towards each other. I didn’t understand why “Afghani” had to […]...

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Afghan immigrants, opportunity or threat? / Fereshteh Goli

  The attractiveness of Iran for Afghan migrants. According to statistics from the International Organization for Migration, after the Taliban regained control, seventy percent of Afghan refugees have migrated to Iran. Despite the actions taken and the negative attitude of Iranian society towards migrants, which is also prominent in Afghanistan, what secret lies in choosing […]...

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A brief look at the rights of Afghan refugees in Iran / Mohammad Maghimi

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Dr. Sima Samar; Values and Human Rights Laws Know No Boundaries/Interview with Ali Kalai.

Her emphasis is on human rights and the necessity of its implementation, stating that if the human dignity of migrants is not respected, it is essentially a violation of human rights. She is Dr. Sima Samar, the Special Representative of the President and Minister of State for Human Rights Affairs in Afghanistan. The issue of […]...

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The Dark World of Art in Migration/Tahmineh Tomiris

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Salah Nikbakht; Afghans commit fewer crimes than Iranians / Interview with Siamak Malamhamedi

In this issue of the peace line, we talked with Saleh Nikbakht, a lawyer, defender, and human rights activist, about the situation of migrants currently present in Iran, especially Afghan citizens, and Iran’s legal obligations towards them. He emphasized the need to adopt a humane approach and believes that, both legally and considering the country’s […]...

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Habib Al-Rahman Pedram; War and insecurity are the reasons for the migration of Afghans to Iran/Simin Rouzgar.

War and poverty are considered major reasons for the migration of Afghan people to Iran. He is a representative of the Afghan parliament, has worked as a journalist in Herat, and has also been the editor-in-chief of a private television station. In light of the situation of Afghan migrants in Iran and the topic of […]...

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“Violence is inhumane; a conversation with Hussein Bayouk, an Afghan social activist / Conversation by Mari Mohammadi”

Hossein Biouk is a journalist and social activist from Afghanistan, currently living in Kabul. He has organized book festivals and introduced the poetry collection “Let’s Forget the Gun” by Mahmoud Jafari, translated Afghan novels into Arabic, and collaborated with Mohammad Hossein Mohammadi, a prominent Afghan writer and storyteller, in compiling two story collections. He is […]...

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Afghan immigrants, caught up in misunderstandings and societal narratives/Mohammad Alizadeh

The history of Iranians encountering Afghan immigrants is a long and complex one. Since the 1979 revolution, a large portion of Afghan immigrants have sought refuge in Iran. Over the years, various judgments, perceptions, and narratives have been formed in the minds of Iranians about Afghan immigrants, which, without being reviewed or stopped, have become […]...

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What issues do Afghans face in Iran?/Mukhtar Wafayi

In the year 1995 AD, while Afghanistan was engulfed in a civil war and Taliban uprising, my uncle’s family left Afghanistan to go to Iran. Twelve years later, at the age of fourteen, I also left for Iran alone, following events that had happened to me. After two weeks of traveling, when I arrived in […]...

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Afghan women in Iran; trapped between Iran’s anti-women laws and the Taliban nightmare/Elaha Amani

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Afghan Immigrants’ Literature and Art in Iran / Mohsen Nikoumanesh Farad

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