The information about the shooting of Afghan refugees on the Iran-Pakistan border is a lie and an attempt to sow hostility between friendly countries. This is what the commander of the border troops in the province, General Reza Shojai, commented on yesterday’s message from the Iranian human rights organization Haalvsh.
Shojaei added that Iran has always helped Afghan migrants and respected their human rights.
Former Washington special representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad He also reacted to the news by saying that if the killing of Afghan refugees were true, “it would be terrible and demand consequences.”
“Iran currently denies that this happened,” – he emphasized.
The authorities of the “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan” (the name the Taliban gives to the country)*) stated that they have launched an investigation into this statement by Haalvsh. Representative of the Islamic Emirate Zabihullah Mujahid reported that “several government agencies and diplomatic missions of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan have launched a thorough investigation into this matter.”
“Since the incident occurred outside Afghanistan, the available information remains unverified. The final decision will be made after an exhaustive clarification of the facts.” – said.
As reported EADaily The previous morning, the little-known human rights organization Haalvsh published information according to which 250 Afghan migrants were shot dead by Iranian border guards on the border between Shahrestan Serawan (Sistan and Balochistan province) and the Panjgur district of the Pakistani province from Balochistan. As evidence, Haalvsh cited the testimony of two alleged survivors. This sparked a storm of outrage on social media.
*Terrorist organization banned on the territory of the Russian Federation.
