Iran has expelled over half a million Afghans since the war with Israel ended.
The United Nations and other international organisations have called the development one of the biggest forced movement of population in decades.
Millions from Afghanistan had fled to neighbouring Iran after the Taliban returned to power in 2021.
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In rented rooms in a remote village in eastern Iran, Bamin Bahmani and her husband clutch their two small sons, bags all packed, and wait for a dreaded knock on the door. Every day tens of thousands of Afghans like them are rounded up and sent back to the worst place in the world for a woman.
More than 1.1 million Afghans have been deported from Iran this year, half of these in the past five weeks, making it one of the largest forced expulsions in modern history. The Iranian authorities say they will not stop until they have expelled all undocumented Afghans, an estimated four million.
Iran is currently carrying out one of history's biggest expulsions.
The Iranian regime plans to deport 4 million Afghans, who carry out lower-paid labor across Iran, often in tough conditions.
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Bahmani, 29, has more reason than most to worry. After the Taliban seized power in 2021, the former teacher and graduate of Kabul University continued to teach girls secretly for a year and was one of the few brave enough to join street demonstrations against the new administration.
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