Iranian Official Announces Arrest Of Dozens Of Afghans In Sistan & Baluchestan

Hosseinali Sanchooli, the police chief of Saravan in southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran, announced that 115 undocumented Afghans had been arrested.

Sanchooli said on Saturday, January 4, that they were identified and arrested in line with the implementation of the plan to promote social security.

He told the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) that these people were arrested during a police operation in Saravan over the last 72 hours.

The Islamic Republic's official announced the detention of undocumented immigrants at a time when the Islamic Republic has made living conditions extremely difficult for undocumented immigrants and significantly increased the deportation of this group of migrants.

Earlier, an official of the Islamic Republic had said that more than 4,000 undocumented Afghan refugees are returned to Afghanistan every day from the Dogharoun border alone.

Officials in the Islamic Republic have announced that they will deport two million Afghan refugees by the end of this year.