Trailblazing health scheme benefits refugees in Iran
The Islamic Republic is one of the few countries to provide medical insurance for refugees on the same basis as its own citizens.
Inauguration ceremony of Shahid Majid Boshkouh high school
The official inauguration ceremony of Shahid Majid Boshkouh High School for boys in Bushehr province took place on 4 February 2018. Located in a high refugee populated area, the school is the result of partnership between the Ministry of Education, the Bureau for...
UNHCR supports Iran’s largest refugee football tournament
As part of the joint BAFIA/UNHCR ‘Knowing Afghanistan’ competition which aims to better connect Afghans living in Iran with their culture and traditions of their homeland, the tournament kicked off in Qazvin on 23 November 2017 with the participation of refugee...
Refugee Child Protection event brings fun and laughter to Afghan refugees children in Tehran
With the support of UNHCR Field Office Tehran, Provincial Bureau of Aliens and Foreign Immigrants’ Affairs (BAFIA) Tehran collaborated with the Kanoun Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Youth, ILIA NGO and the Imam Ali Association to organize this...
16 new schools open in Iran to welcome Afghans and Iranian students
Unknown to many and often overshadowed by other refugee crises around the globe, the Islamic Republic of Iran lays claim to a long history of hosting refugees. Representing one of the world’s most protracted refugee situations and accommodating close to one...
Cooperation with private sector results in launch of new publication; ‘UNHCR Iran- in Photos’
At the book launch, where selected examples of some of the publication’s content were exhibited for viewing, UNHCR Representative Mr. Sivanka Dhanapala gratefully acknowledged the CEO of Ketab Sara Publishing Co., Mr. Samii, for his high level of cooperation in the...
Iran set global precedent by opening refugees’ access to healthcare
Iran has set a global precedent by opening the access of all refugees into its Salamat Universal Public Health Insurance (UPHI) which provides health insurance services similar to that of Iranian nationals,” Sivanka Dhanapala notes. The UNHCR diplomat also says the...
International conference: role of social protection in contexts of fragility and forced displacement
An International Conference on the ‘Role of Social Protection in Contexts of Fragility and Forced Displacement’ was organized by the European Commission (ECHO) together with key partner UN agencies and governments to which the Government of the Islamic...
Special segment on the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF)
193 states agreed to the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants calling for a more equitable responsibility sharing for hosting and supporting the world’s refugee population in September 2016. One of the key outcomes of the declaration was the Comprehensive...