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Stitching up a new life: Afghan refugees learn to support themselves in Iran
12 Jun 2009 With fewer Afghan refugees going home, UNHCR is concentrating on giving those staying in Iran skills to earn support their families. -
Iran encourages more international NGOs to come and help refugees
8 May 2009 Iran encourages more international non-governmental organizations to come and help shoulder the burden of caring for refugees during hard financial times. -
Manage Afghan labour migration to curb irregular flow to Iran, study urges
11 Dec 2008 UNHCR and International Labour Organization-funded survey analyzes the factors that drive Afghan migrants into Iran and why some are deported. -
UNHCR chief visits, praises refugee camp in eastern Iran
21 Nov 2008 High Commissioner Guterres visits an Iranian camp for refugees and calls on the international community to do more to ensure they can finally go home. -
UNHCR helps more than 250,000 Afghans return home since January
7 Oct 2008 More than quarter-of-a-million Afghans have returned home with UNHCR help so far this year from Pakistan and Iran, many due to problems faced in exile. -
Q&A: Shirin Ebadi, documenter of refugee issues in Iran
8 Aug 2008 Iranian lawyer and human rights activist Shirin Ebadi speaks about the rights of women and children in the Islamic Republic of Iran. -
Insecurity not the only obstacle to Iraq return
12 Jun 2008 Small groups of long-time Iraqi exiles in Iran seeking repatriation are being delayed by complicated clearance procedures and sporadic border closures. -
Nobel Peace Prize winner writes book on Iranian refugee law for UNHCR
10 Jun 2008 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi publishes a book on legal structures in Iran that she hopes will encourage other human rights activists in the Islamic world to work for the protection of refugees. -
Hands-on donors help ease refugee problems in Iran
29 May 2008 Foreign embassies in Tehran, some with UNHCR help, raise funds and awareness in Iran about Afghan and Iraqi refugees in the country