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UNHCR hails Iran's refugee efforts

Sunday, 19 June 2016 9:33 PM [ Last Update: Sunday, 19 June 2016 9:34 PM ]

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) shakes hands with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi in Tehran on June 18, 2016. © IRNA

Amir Mehdi Kazemi
Press TV, Tehran

June 20 is the World Refugee Day and Iran marks the day as one of the biggest homes to asylum seekers. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi visited Tehran on this occasion. The Iranian government has been hosting a large population of refugees from Afghanistan, Iraq and other neighboring countries for a long time.

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