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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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...