Panic grips the Iranian regime: it seeks to deport millions of Afghans

More than 500,000 Afghans have been deported from Iran in the past 16 days since the end of the war with Israel, according to United Nations data, in what could be one of the largest displacements of the last decade.

For months, the Iranian terrorist regime has expressed its intention to deport the 4 million illegal Afghan immigrants living in various parts of the country. These deportations intensified significantly after the 12-day war with Israel.

According to some reports, this measure was driven by accusations that Afghan citizens had collaborated as spies for Israel. However, so far no solid evidence has emerged to support those suspicions.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that between June 24 and July 9, a total of 508,426 Afghans were expelled from Iran through its border with Afghanistan. The flow reached enormous numbers, with 51,000 people crossing on a Friday, followed by 30,635 on Tuesday and 33,956 on Wednesday.

War as an excuse

The Iranian terrorist regime targets illegal Afghan immigrants for allegedly being responsible for the country's economic and security problems.

Several analysts maintain that the Iranian government is taking advantage of the context of tensions with Israel to advance its long-standing goal of reducing the undocumented Afghan presence.

The situation of those who have been deported is critical. Temperatures in the border area, especially in the Herat region, exceed 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), and reception centers are facing serious difficulties in handling the number of arrivals.

Mihyung Park, IOM chief of mission in Iran, stated that since June 1, half of all deportees this year have been expelled, with 250,000 people arriving in just one week in July.

The regime panics

In recent days, Iranian state media broadcast images of an alleged Afghan spy who, according to the regime, had confessed to working for another Afghan citizen residing in Germany and linked to Israel.

"That person contacted me and told me that he needed information about certain locations," he stated. However, the report did not reveal the accused's identity or present concrete evidence to support the statements.

State media also shared images showing Tehran police detaining immigrants, mostly Afghans according to the journalist, while officers chased alleged undocumented individuals in rural areas.

So far this year, more than 1.6 million Afghan immigrants have been deported from Iran and Pakistan, a figure that already far exceeds initial estimates. International agencies now estimate that up to 3 million people will return to Afghanistan by the end of the year.