INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Iran&s President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Monday that foreigners living in the country illegally will be returned &with respect&.In the
first press conference after his inauguration as president, Pezeshkian said that so far three Security Council meetings have been held on
the issue of Afghan immigrants.&Some of them have passports, they have connections
Naturally, they should be treated in a particular way
Some of them have come against the law, and they have to follow legal framework
One cannot enter illegally
There is a framework for presence in any country, even in Islamic countries
For example, if we go to Afghanistan without a passport, they might not let us in,& he said.&As I have already said, we are brothers but
following a series of frameworks between governments is a rule that we must follow, and we are in the process of setting this legal
framework between Islamic countries,& he added.The United Nations refugee agency UNHCR estimates that nearly 4.5 million Afghan nationals
According to Iranian news agencies, however, the real number could be as high as 6 million or 8 million.The post Iran repatriates illegal
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