Iran has taken care of millions of Afghan refugees with little international support | Letters

Ayoub Heidari of the Iranian embassy contests the claim that hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees may be released into neighbouring countries

For more than four decades, the Islamic Republic of Iran has hosted millions of Afghan refugees, providing humanitarian, educational and health services despite enduring severe economic pressures caused by unilateral sanctions and the near-total absence of adequate international assistance.

While Iran has continuously shouldered this heavy responsibility largely on its own, international support for refugee hosting and integration in the country has remained minimal compared with the scale of needs.

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