Press Release_20250709

The 12-day war between Iran and Israel in June 2025 has had far-reaching consequences, triggering mass returns of Afghans from Iran and creating a rapidly escalating humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. Following the conflict and Iran's earlier deportation deadline, the daily number of returnees surged after 13 June, peaking on 1 July when over 43,000 people, mainly women and children, were registered in a single day.