This map shows the geographic distribution of refugees in Iran. The map uses the proportions from the 2015 Amayesh registration applied to data from 2020
The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.
* Out of the total number of repatriated refugees the majority are Afghans. See breakdown of nationalities below
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Afghan Returns - South West Asia Quarterly Update, 2024 Q3
DocumentCreate date: 21 October 2024 (1 month ago)
Afghanistan Situation Regional Refugee Response Plan - 2024 Mid-year report
DocumentCreate date: 17 October 2024 (1 month ago)
Protection and Solutions Strategy UNHCR Afghanistan 2025 - 2027
DocumentCreate date: 17 October 2024 (1 month ago)
UNHCR Afghanistan Situation Update - 1 September 2024
DocumentCreate date: 19 September 2024 (2 months ago)
UNHCR Iran: Iran at a Glance
DocumentCreate date: 9 September 2024 (2 months ago)
UNHCR Afghanistan Situation Update - 1 August 2024
DocumentCreate date: 21 August 2024 (3 months ago)
UNHCR Iran: Factsheet - June 2024
DocumentCreate date: 18 August 2024 (3 months ago)
UNHCR Afghanistan Border Monitoring Report January-June 2024
DocumentCreate date: 15 August 2024 (3 months ago)
Education Away from Home - The Islamic Republic of Iran (Education Brief - November 2023)
DocumentCreate date: 1 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Afghanistan Situation Regional Refugee Response Plan - 2024 Mid-year report
DocumentCreate date: 17 October 2024 (1 month ago)
UNHCR Iran: COVID-19 Response in the Islamic Republic of Iran - December 2021
DocumentCreate date: 14 April 2022 (2 years ago)
UNHCR Iran: COVID-19 Response in the Islamic Republic of Iran - September 2021
DocumentCreate date: 9 November 2021 (3 years ago)
UNHCR Iran: COVID-19 Response in the Islamic Republic of Iran - June 2021
DocumentCreate date: 2 September 2021 (3 years ago)
UNHCR Iran: COVID-19 Response in the Islamic Republic of Iran - April 2021
DocumentCreate date: 5 July 2021 (3 years ago)
UNHCR Iran: COVID-19 Response in the Islamic Republic of Iran - February 2021
DocumentCreate date: 16 May 2021 (3 years ago)
UNHCR Iran: COVID-19 Response in the Islamic Repubic of Iran - December 2020
DocumentCreate date: 18 March 2021 (3 years ago)
UNHCR Iran: COVID-19 Response in the Islamic Repubic of Iran - October 2020
DocumentCreate date: 25 February 2021 (3 years ago)
UNHCR Iran: COVID-19 Response in the Islamic Repubic of Iran - August 2020
DocumentCreate date: 1 March 2021 (3 years ago)
Afghan Returns - South West Asia Quarterly Update, 2024 Q3
DocumentCreate date: 21 October 2024 (1 month ago)
UNHCR Iran: Iran at a Glance
DocumentCreate date: 9 September 2024 (2 months ago)
UNHCR Iran: Factsheet - June 2024
DocumentCreate date: 18 August 2024 (3 months ago)
UNHCR Iran: Iran at a Glance
DocumentCreate date: 11 August 2024 (3 months ago)
Health Access and outcomes among forcibly displaced and stateless people in the Asia-Pacific region in 2023
DocumentCreate date: 25 July 2024 (4 months ago)
UNHCR Iran: Factsheet - March 2024
DocumentCreate date: 19 May 2024 (6 months ago)
Afghan Returns - South West Asia Quarterly Update, 2024 Q1
DocumentCreate date: 9 May 2024 (6 months ago)
Afghan Returnees Rapid Needs Assessment (ARRNA) May 2024
DocumentCreate date: 4 May 2024 (7 months ago)
Islamic Republic of Iran Funding Update 10 July 2024
DocumentCreate date: 11 August 2024 (3 months ago)
Islamic Republic of Iran Funding Update 15 December 2023
DocumentCreate date: 9 January 2024 (10 months ago)
ReSolve: for Resilience and Solutions 2023
DocumentCreate date: 15 August 2023 (1 year ago)
UNHCR Iran: Funding update - 29 December 2022
DocumentCreate date: 19 January 2023 (1 year ago)
UNHCR Iran: Funding update - 10 November 2022
DocumentCreate date: 14 November 2022 (2 years ago)
UNHCR Iran: Funding update - 25 October 2022
DocumentCreate date: 14 November 2022 (2 years ago)
UNHCR Iran: Funding update - 13 September 2022
DocumentCreate date: 19 September 2022 (2 years ago)
UNHCR Iran: Funding update - 9 August 2022
DocumentCreate date: 21 August 2022 (2 years ago)
UNHCR Iran: Refugee Settlements
DocumentCreate date: 25 February 2021 (3 years ago)
Islamic Rep. of Iran: Operational map (Factsheet) - 24 Nov. 2014
DocumentCreate date: 29 May 2015 (9 years ago)
Islamic Republic of Iran: Afgan Refugee Overview - January 2014
DocumentCreate date: 12 June 2015 (9 years ago)
Islamic Republic of Iran: Operational context map - 02 July 2015
DocumentCreate date: 9 July 2015 (9 years ago)
South West Asia: Displaced Afghan population - 28 June 2016
DocumentCreate date: 8 November 2016 (8 years ago)
South West Asia: Displaced Afghan population - Islamic Republics of Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan - 19 October 2016
DocumentCreate date: 31 October 2016 (8 years ago)
Asia - UNHCR Presence - 28 March 2017
DocumentCreate date: 28 March 2017 (7 years ago)
Central and South West Asia - Reference map - 24 March 2017
DocumentCreate date: 28 March 2017 (7 years ago)
Regional Refugee Response Plan 2024-2025 - Afghanistan Situation
DocumentCreate date: 11 March 2024 (8 months ago)
Regional Refugee Response Plan for Afghanistan Situation Summary 2024
DocumentCreate date: 19 January 2024 (10 months ago)
Afghanistan Regional Refugee Response Plan Summary 2023
DocumentCreate date: 10 March 2023 (1 year ago)
Afghanistan Situation Regional RRP 2023 Final Report
DocumentCreate date: 26 June 2024 (5 months ago)
Regional Refugee Response Plan 2024-2025 - Afghanistan Situation
DocumentCreate date: 11 March 2024 (8 months ago)
Regional Refugee Response Plan for Afghanistan Situation Summary 2024
DocumentCreate date: 19 January 2024 (10 months ago)
Afghanistan Situation RRP - Mid-year Report 2023
DocumentCreate date: 27 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Regional Refugee Response Plan 2022 - Final Report
DocumentCreate date: 8 May 2023 (1 year ago)
Regional Refugee Response Plan 2023 - Afghanistan Situation
DocumentCreate date: 16 March 2023 (1 year ago)
Afghanistan Regional Refugee Response Plan Summary 2023
DocumentCreate date: 10 March 2023 (1 year ago)
Afghanistan Situation Regional Refugee Response Plan 2022 Mid-Year Report
DocumentCreate date: 17 November 2022 (2 years ago)
Education Away from Home - The Islamic Republic of Iran (Education Brief - November 2023)
DocumentCreate date: 1 December 2023 (1 year ago)
UNHCR Afghanistan Border Monitoring Report January-June 2024
DocumentCreate date: 15 August 2024 (3 months ago)
UNHCR Afghanistan Border Monitoring Report January-December 2023
DocumentCreate date: 25 April 2024 (7 months ago)
UNHCR Afghanistan Voluntary Repatriation update 2022
DocumentCreate date: 22 March 2023 (1 year ago)
Afghanistan IMPACT STORIES - Area-based Approaches for Return, Reintegration, Resilience & Solutions
DocumentCreate date: 29 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Asia and the Pacific Regional Trends - Forced Displacement and Statelessness 2023
DocumentCreate date: 24 July 2024 (4 months ago)
UNHCR ASIA & PACIFIC CASH BASED INTERVENTIONS 2023 OVERVIEW
DocumentCreate date: 6 May 2024 (6 months ago)
Education Away from Home - The Islamic Republic of Iran (Education Brief - November 2023)
DocumentCreate date: 1 December 2023 (1 year ago)
UNHCR 2022 Multi Sectorial Rapid Assessments - Analysis
DocumentCreate date: 17 May 2023 (1 year ago)
UNHCR RBAP 2022 Cash-Based Interventions in the Region
DocumentCreate date: 19 April 2023 (1 year ago)
UNHCR Iran: Afghanistan Situation Update - 15 May 2022
DocumentCreate date: 23 May 2022 (2 years ago)
UNHCR Iran: Afghanistan Situation Update - 30 April 2022
DocumentCreate date: 9 May 2022 (2 years ago)
UNHCR Iran: Afghanistan Situation Update - 11-31 March 2022
DocumentCreate date: 6 April 2022 (2 years ago)
UNHCR Afghanistan Situation Update - 1 September 2024
DocumentCreate date: 19 September 2024 (2 months ago)
UNHCR Afghanistan Situation Update - 1 August 2024
DocumentCreate date: 21 August 2024 (3 months ago)
UNHCR Afghanistan Situation Update - 1 July 2024
DocumentCreate date: 19 July 2024 (4 months ago)
UNHCR Afghanistan Situation Update - 1 June 2024
DocumentCreate date: 5 July 2024 (4 months ago)
UNHCR Afghanistan Situation Update - 1 May 2024
DocumentCreate date: 4 June 2024 (6 months ago)
UNHCR Afghanistan Situation Update - 1 April 2024
DocumentCreate date: 1 May 2024 (7 months ago)
Afghanistan Situation Update - 1 February 2024
DocumentCreate date: 23 February 2024 (9 months ago)
Afghanistan Situation Update - 1 January 2024
DocumentCreate date: 22 January 2024 (10 months ago)
UNHCR Iran: Afghanistan Situation Response in Iran - 31 August 2022
DocumentCreate date: 29 September 2022 (2 years ago)
UNHCR Iran: Afghanistan Situation Update - 15 June 2022
DocumentCreate date: 5 July 2022 (2 years ago)
UNHCR Iran: Afghanistan Situation Update - 30 June 2022
DocumentCreate date: 18 July 2022 (2 years ago)
UNHCR Iran: Afghanistan Situation Update - 16 January 2022
DocumentCreate date: 15 January 2022 (2 years ago)
UNHCR Iran: Afghanistan Situation Update - 06 January 2022
DocumentCreate date: 6 January 2022 (2 years ago)
UNHCR Iran: Afghanistan Situation Update - 30 December 2021
DocumentCreate date: 30 December 2021 (2 years ago)
UNHCR Iran: Afghanistan Situation Update - 15 December 2021
DocumentCreate date: 18 December 2021 (2 years ago)
UNHCR Iran: Afghanistan Situation Update - 8 December 2021
DocumentCreate date: 9 December 2021 (2 years ago)
Protection and Solutions Strategy UNHCR Afghanistan 2025 - 2027
DocumentCreate date: 17 October 2024 (1 month ago)
UNHCR Iran: The Support Platform for the Solutions Strategy for Afghan Refugees
DocumentCreate date: 25 February 2021 (3 years ago)
UNHCR Iran: Solutions Strategy for Afghan Refugees
DocumentCreate date: 24 February 2021 (3 years ago)
Solutions Strategy for Afghan Refugees, to support Voluntary Repatriation, Sustainable Integration and Assistance to Host Countries
DocumentCreate date: 2 December 2017 (7 years ago)
UNHCR Iran - Background Note on Resettlement - July 2021
DocumentCreate date: 2 August 2021 (3 years ago)
The Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran) hosts some 3.8 million refugees and people in refugee-like situations, making Iran the largest refugee-hosting country globally according to the UNHCR Global Trends report released in June 2024. This showcases Iran’s generosity in hosting refugees for over 40 years including those who arrived following the 2021 developments in Afghanistan. This figure encompasses 773,000 refugees, including 761,000 Afghan Amayesh card holders and 12,000 Iraqi Hoviat card holders, as well as 3,000,000 people in refugee-like situations, including 2,600,000 headcount slip holders and 368,000 new arrivals. 99 per cent of these refugees and people in refugee-like situations reside in urban areas, and the remaining one per cent live in 20 government-run refugee settlements. Iran is a signatory to the 1951 Convention and its 1967 Protocol in July 1976 and upholds its international obligations pertaining to the rights of refugees and forcibly displaced populations. Some domestic legislation and ad-hoc government schemes have provided displaced persons with different forms of status, protection, and rights. In 2022, the Government of Iran undertook a headcount of all undocumented Afghan nationals in Iran, including those who had arrived in Iran since 2021. The headcount was concluded in June 2022, and some 2.6 million Afghans were registered by the government through the headcount exercise and received headcount slips providing them with a form of temporary protection against refoulment and access to some public services. Within the framework of the Solutions Strategy for Afghan Refugees (SSAR), since 2012, UNHCR has worked closely with the Government of Iran, national and international NGOs, and UN agencies in seeking solutions and providing a multitude of services to the forcibly displaced population. To ensure assistance is coordinated in a coherent and complementary way amongst humanitarian partners, UNHCR leads the development and implementation of Refugee Response Plans (RRPs). UNHCR continues to support the Government in implementing its inclusive refugee policies to achieve equal access to education, free primary health care, and livelihood opportunities, through the construction of schools, provision of DAFI scholarships for tertiary students, procurement of medical equipment and pharmaceuticals, construction, and repair of health centres, provision of psychosocial counseling, vocational training and support for income generating activities. UNHCR continues to identify the most vulnerable refugees and address their specific protection risks. Concerns however remain over complex protection risks and increasing needs and vulnerabilities of refugees, while a challenging economic situation is posing a substantial strain on the government's ability to maintain its inclusive policies. Resettlement is one of the durable solutions to the plight of refugees. In the spirit of international responsibility-sharing, UNHCR Iran works with resettlement States to receive resettlement quotas as it is an essential element of international protection. In reference to UNHCR Guidance Note on International Protection Needs of People Fleeing Afghanistan, UNHCR emphasizes that the environment in Afghanistan is not conducive to return, and Afghan nationals in Iran are considered to be in predominantly a refugee situation regardless of their legal status. In line with its non-return advisory for Afghanistan, UNHCR remains cautious about the unpredictable human rights situation in Afghanistan and ensures that refugees make the choice to return to their countries of origin in a voluntary and informed manner through the provision of enhanced counselling to prospective returnees under its voluntary repatriation programme.
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Regional Refugee Response Plan 2024-2025 - Afghanistan Situation
Regional Refugee Response Plan 2024-2025 - Afghanistan SituationPublish date: 11 March 2024
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Regional Refugee Response Plan for Afghanistan Situation Summary 2024
Regional Refugee Response Plan for Afghanistan Situation Summary 2024Publish date: 19 January 2024
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Afghanistan: Priority Areas of Return and Reintegration: A synopsis
Afghanistan: Priority Areas of Return and Reintegration: A synopsisPublish date: 17 February 2020
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SSAR Support Platform document - A Partnership for Solidarity and Resilience
SSAR Support PlatformPublish date: 24 June 2020
Date of Funding Data | 30 September 2024 (2 months ago) |
The Government of Japan continues supporting UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, through its Supplementary Budget, and Partnership Grant Aid amounting to over USD 4 million, which helps Afghan refugees access health care in the Islamic Republic of Iran. This generous funding will allow UNHCR to enhance access to quality education and healthcare services for Afghan refugees through Iran’s national educational and healthcare systems. Japan has been a leading supporter of UNHCR’s activities in the country for over a decade, particularly in the areas of education and healthcare for refugees. This new funding reaffirms Japan’s continued commitment to ensuring accessible and affordable health services for the most vulnerable Afghan refugees in Iran. It will also support the construction of public schools benefitting both Afghans and Iranians alike. Building on its long-standing partnership, Japan also had provided critical support of USD 1.2 million to UNHCR’s programmes for Afghan refugees in Iran last year, which helped strengthen the national health care system and services for refugees. | |
10 Jul 2024 | |
UNHCR Iran marked World Refugee Day with a series of events celebrating refugees’ resilience and courage and the country’s commendable inclusive policies towards refugees. With over 3.4 million refugees and refugee-like populations, Iran has become the second-largest refugee-hosting country globally this year. Throughout Iran, a range of events were organized to commemorate this year’s World Refugee Day, under the theme “Hope Away from Home.” These events emphasized the importance of solutions, inclusion, and compassion towards those forced to flee their homes due to conflict, persecution, or natural disasters. UNHCR Representative a.i., Ms. Inna Gladkova, in her Refugee Day message, paid tribute to the courage and remarkable resilience of refugees and commended Iran for its inclusive refugee policies, particularly in the sectors of education and health. | |
20 Jun 2023 | |
UNHCR handed over essential medical equipment and medicines worth USD 10 million to the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MoHME), in partnership with and the Bureau for Aliens and Foreign Immigrants’ Affairs (BAFIA), on 11 April 2023 in Tehran. The equipment including, ambulances, dialysis machines, CT scanners, X-Ray machines, ventilators, mobile health post and laboratory, rapid testing kits for malaria, COVID-19, Cholera, Hepatitis, and other communicable diseases, as well as many other essential medical items, will be delivered to some public hospitals and health posts in 27 provinces across the country in refugee hosting areas and refugee settlements. | |
11 Apr 2023 | |
UNHCR’s humanitarian supplies to support relief efforts in Iran’s West Azerbaijan province arrived in Khoy, which was hit by a deadly earthquake on 28 January. As part of a coordinated response with other United Nations agencies, UNHCR has sent core relief items – including 3,000 family tents, 1,500 plastic tarpaulin, 3,000 high thermal blankets, 3,000 sleeping mats, and 3000 family hygiene kits to the affected areas. Distribution of these items to the affected families is ongoing. According to the Government of Iran’s estimates, over 35,000 people have been affected – most of the damage reported in Khoy county. Iran has been a generous refugee hosting country for more than 40 years. In difficult times like these, we express solidarity with the people of Iran and we stand ready to continue supporting those in need of assistance. | |
13 Feb 2023 |
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External Relations | UNHCR Iran External Engagement | [email protected] |