Iran’s detention of Afghan refugees adds to their hardship

Iran launched another crackdown to detain Afghan migrants in the southeastern provinces of Sistan and Baluchestan, citing security concerns, Iranian state media reported on Sunday.

According to Iran’s state-run news agency, ISNA, the police commander



of Chabahar, Mohammad Shabik, announced that 123 Afghan nationals were arrested in the Iranian port city.

Earlier, in Hirmand, a district in northern Sistan and Baluchestan near the Afghan border, authorities arrested an additional 152 Afghan migrants.