Iran says number of Afghan refugees no more than 5 million
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Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi has emphasized that the number of Afghan refugees in Iran is no more than 5 million and he rejected other figures published in media reports.
Speaking to reporters on the sideline of a Cabinet meeting in Tehran on Wednesday, Vahidi suggested that the official number of Afghan refugees in Iran may be even lower than 5 million.
The minister said Iran seeks to create a process for refugees living in the country as he insisted that illegal immigrants should go back home.
The Iranian government announced recently that it had launched a separate organization to process refugee issues.