Some recently deported Afghans report that Afghan migrants in Iran are subjected to harsh social restrictions.

According to them, all shops and bakeries in Iran refuse to sell food and bread to Afghans, and the Iranian police treat migrants with violence and abuse, confiscate their belongings, and deport them empty-handed.

Sayed Ahmad Sadeq, one of the deportees, said: “The bakery refused to give us bread, saying they were instructed by Iranian police not to sell to Afghans. Even shopkeepers and market owners have been told to stop buying and selling with Afghans. I personally gave the landlord a ten million toman deposit for a house, but in the end, we were rejected.”

Abdullah, another deportee, said: “I spent my whole life in uncertainty. They kept my money and our household investment. The car was registered in their name, they took it from me. I have no good memories of Iran.”

Abdul Rouf, also deported from Iran, stated: “They left me in this state. They took my phone, accusing me of possibly being a spy. They took my money, and at the border, they charged us money in the name of the municipality.”

Some migrants claim they were arrested and violently deported by Iranian police despite holding valid passports and visas.

Hussain, another deportee, said: “Everyone is being deported. What is the purpose of this consulate? Why issue visas? This is an official passport, it has a date and everything, but they still tell us to leave.”

With the recent surge in mass deportations of Afghan migrants from Iran, many say that life for Afghans in Iran has become extremely difficult.