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Repression Policy Using Migrants as Tools

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Repression Policy Using Migrants as Tools

From Fatemiyoun to Forced Deportations: How the Islamic Republic Victimizes Afghan Migrants Following the recent military tensions between Iran and Israel, media coverage largely focused on the exchange of fire, military casualties, and the geopolitical consequences of this 12-day crisis. Yet, in the shadow of these events, a silent and targeted repression unfolded inside Iran—one not aimed at domestic political activists this time, but at Afghan migrants: asylum seekers who fled war, poverty, and religious fundamentalism, hoping for safety and a better life in Iran. In recent weeks, the Islamic Republic has arrested a significant number of Afghan migrants under accusations such as “espionage,” and some have even been sentenced to death. This repressive approach has nothing to do with justice or national security—it is a political tool used to redirect social tensions and distract public opinion from the regime’s own internal crises.

🔻 A Stark Contradiction: From Recruiting Afghans for War to Deporting Their Families While the Islamic Republic now portrays Afghan migrants as a security threat, it has for years recruited from the very same community to form the Fatemiyoun Division. Afghan teenagers and young men were sent to fight in Syria and Iraq with promises of residency, pay, and a brighter future. Many never returned, and their families never saw the promised support or citizenship. Today, the same regime that once used Afghan lives for its geopolitical ambitions is detaining and forcibly deporting their families on vague pretexts. 🔻 Return to Hell: Deportation to a Taliban-Controlled Country Deporting migrants to today’s Afghanistan means sending them back to a country ruled by Taliban militants. It’s a place where girls are banned from education, women are erased from public life, and public lashings and brutal enforcement of religious law are part of everyday life. Is the Islamic Republic fully aware of this reality when it deports migrants to the brink of death? Sadly, the answer is yes. And this is happening at a time when even the international community has voiced concern about the situation of women and minorities in Afghanistan.

🔻 The Dual War on Women and Migrants The repression of women inside Iran and of Afghan migrants through external policies are two sides of the same coin: hatred toward choice, freedom, and human dignity. When protesting women in Iran are silenced with the noose, and Afghan mothers face the threat of deportation and execution, the message is clear: The Islamic Republic believes neither in women, nor in migrants, nor in humanity.

✊ A Call to Action: As a society committed to human dignity, we must stand against this dangerous trend. Empathy is not enough. Exposure, documentation, and international pressure against these actions are vital.

Migration is not a crime.

Being a woman is not a crime.

Being Afghan is not a crime.

What must be held accountable is a regime that buys legitimacy with the blood of children and the tears of mothers.

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