\u2018attempting to cross Sistan-Baluchestan province\u2019
\nEyewitnesses say several injured, grenade launchers used, at least 40 detained
\n tehran
\nIranian authorities shot dead six Afghan migrants allegedly attempting to cross over into the country via Sistan and Baluchestan province, it emerged on Wednesday.
\nAccording to a report by human rights group Halvash, the six migrants were killed on September 8 while several others were injured as around 300 Afghans attempted to make past the border crossing. Iranian forces opened fire on 120 migrants, using RPGs [grenade launchers], detaining 40 of them in Sistan and Baluchestan province at the Golshan border crossing.
\nRecounting two survivors\u2019 accounts, Halvash said that Ehsanullah Tajik, Nasrullah Barkzai, Hezbullah Barkzai, Wai Barkzai, and Basheer Ahmad Barkzai, were among the injured.
\nThe injured have been shifted to hospitals and many are reportedly in critical condition.
\nNeither the Iranian authorities nor the Afghan government have issued any official statement regarding the incident.
\nOver 300 Afghan migrants came under fire in the Iran border region last year, which resulted in numerous fatalities, including an incident in October of 2024, when Iranian border forces opened fire on Afghan migrants, leaving dozens dead, injured or missing.
\nAccording to the United Nations Refugee Agency, about 780,000 Afghan refugees reside in Iran. The Iranian government\u2019s headcount in 2022 indicated the number of Afghans in Iran was around 2.6 million.
\nIran holds an aggressive policy when it comes to Afghan refugees, with a staggering 1.5 millon Afghan nationals sent back in 2025, according to the United Nations\u2019 International Organisation for Migration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u2018attempting to cross Sistan-Baluchestan province\u2019 Eyewitnesses say several injured, grenade launchers used, at least 40 detained tehran Iranian authorities shot dead six Afghan migrants allegedly attempting to cross over into the country via Sistan and Baluchestan province, it emerged on Wednesday. According to a report by human rights group Halvash, the six migrants were killed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":502149,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-502109","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n