Afghanistan, Oct. 16 -- Iran has provided temporary protection to nearly 10,000 former Afghan government military personnel, an Iranian official said during a meeting with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Barham Salih in Geneva, as Tehran called for greater international support for refugees.
Nader Yarahmadi, head of Iran's Centre for Foreign Nationals and Immigrants Affairs at the Interior Ministry, said Iran currently hosts around 770,000 registered refugees. He warned that declining international assistance and reduced health insurance coverage for vulnerable refugees were making it more difficult to maintain services. The figures were reported by Iran's Mizan News Agency.
Yarahmadi also said Iran had issued residency docu...