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Beastly Boy

(13,177 posts) Wed Jul 16, 2025, 12:15 PM Jul 16

Iran expels half a million Afghans in 16-day stretch since recent conflict with Israel, UN says

More than half a million Afghans have been expelled from Iran in the 16 days since the conflict with Israel ended, according to the United Nations, in what may be one of the largest forced movements of population this decade.

For months, Tehran has declared its intention to remove the millions of undocumented Afghans who carry out lower-paid labor across Iran, often in tough conditions.

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has said 508,426 Afghans have left Iran via the Iranian-Afghanistan border between June 24 and July 9.

A startling 33,956 crossed Wednesday and 30,635 on Tuesday, after a peak of 51,000 on Friday, ahead of a Sunday deadline from Iran for undocumented Afghans to leave.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/11/world/iran-expels-afghans-un-intl

Ethnic cleansing? Genocide? Land grab? Or crickets?

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Just Another Example Deep State Witch Jul 16 #2

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Wed Jul 16, 2025, 02:48 PM

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Of authoritarian governments going after suspicious "others" that are within their borders. Plus, I think most of the Afghans are Sunni, where Iran is predominantly Shi'a. Exchange "Iran" for "America" and "Afghans" for "Hispanics" and you have the idea. If there's a problem in Iran, they are likely to stir up sentiment against Israel, the US, or Sunni Muslims for distraction.

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