ژورنال سایت خبری سیاسی ژورنال
PDF-English Journal-3 July 2025-No15
Amid intensifying anti-Afghan policies by the Islamic Republic of Iran, over 1,300 civil activists, journalists, filmmakers and Iranian and Afghan citizens have issued an open letter demanding an immediate end to the inhumane treatment of Afghan migrants in Iran. This letter, a response to a fresh wave of repression and discrimination, calls on the Iranian public not to remain silent in the face of this structural injustice—for silence, in effect, amounts to complicity with the Islamic Republic’s repressive policies.
Signatories of this statement, including notable figures such as Mehrangiz Kar, Taraneh Alidoosti, Barbad Golshiri, Zhila Bani-Yaghoub, Zia Nabavi and Leili Farhadpour, have warned of a worrying rise in anti-Afghan sentiment in recent months. They argue that following the onset of the 12-day war between Iran and Israel, the Islamic Republic has intensified its “internal enemy-making” campaign against Afghan nationals, using it to deflect public attention and displace the crisis.
Baseless charges such as espionage and involvement in infiltration networks, levelled by Iran’s security apparatus against Afghan citizens, are seen by the letter’s authors as political retaliation—tactical moves to settle scores with one of the country’s most voiceless and marginalised migrant groups.
The Islamic Republic’s anti-Afghan policies are among the clearest expressions of Islamic fascism, wielding the tools of repression, official propaganda and systemic poverty to impose an Iranian-Shi‘a brand of fascism on migrant minorities while also tightening its grip on broader civil liberties.
Confronting this brand of fascism requires direct public intervention, support from progressive and freedom-seeking movements, and practical solidarity with Afghan refugees and citizens. Breaking the media silence, exposing security programmes, documenting rights violations, and pressuring international institutions to hold the Islamic Republic accountable are all essential tools in countering this systemic violence. Without doubt, resistance to the repression of Afghan migrants is part of the broader struggle against the systemic suppression of society as a whole.
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