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Memri
21-02-2025
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The MEMRI Weekly: February 14-21, 2025
The following are links to reports from MEMRI's Special Dispatch Series and Inquiry and Analysis Series , as well as to transcripts from the MEMRI TV Project , released during the past week. MEMRI REPORTS Inquiry and Analysis No. 1813 - The Qatar Weekly Update (QWU) – Part Of The Qatar Monitor Project (QMP) – No. 7, February 21, 2025 February 21, 2025 Special Dispatch No. 11849 - Ahwazi State Executive Conference In Germany: 'A Significant Step Toward Internationalizing The Cause And Exposing Iran's Reality' Special Dispatch No. 11843 - Pakistani Editorial On Trump's Gaza Plan: 'Muslim Ummah Needs To Show Courage And Reject The Game Of Intimidation, Pressure, And Hypocrisy Though Mutual Unity' Special Dispatch No. 11842 - Pakistani Editorial On Trump's Gaza Plan: 'The Very Zionists Whom The Almighty Himself Has Condemned In... The Quran, And Against Whom The Muslim Ummah Has Been Commanded To Wage War, Cannot Be Expected To Bring Any Good' Special Dispatch No. 11841 - Afghan Writer Criticizes Trump's Gaza Plan: U.S. 'Is The Only Power On The World Stage And A Crazy Businessman Issues Nazi-Like Orders' Special Dispatch No. 11840 - Editorials In Pakistani Dailies React To Trump's Gaza Plan: 'Forced Displacement Would Be Equivalent To Genocide'; 'The Only Foreseeable Outcome Is More Conflict' Special Dispatch No. 11848 - Pakistani MP: Parts Of Balochistan Are Ready To Declare Liberation From Pakistan; 'If Districts In Balochistan Announce Liberation, The UN Will Accept Their Independence And Pakistan Will Fall' February 20, 2025 Special Dispatch No. 11847 - Palestinian Articles: Al-Jazeera Is A Hamas Mouthpiece That Spreads The Movement's Lies February 20, 2025 MEMRI Daily Brief No 721 - How The Russian Economy Has Reacted To The 'Peace Talks' February 20, 2025 Inquiry and Analysis No. 1805 - Global Jihadi Threats: What Is On The Horizon In 2025?, February 19, 2025 MEMRI Daily Brief No. 720 - Qatar Seeks To Sweep Away Trump's Gaza Plan With So-Called Peace Plan, February 19, 2025 Inquiry and Analysis No. 1809 - Predictions For REMVE Extremism In 2025: Emerging Technology And Shifting Discourse Present New And Evolving Threats, February 19, 2025 Special Dispatch No. 11846 - Iranian Interior Minister Iskander Momeni: '1.1 Million Afghan Refugees Have Been Sent Back To Afghanistan', February 19, 2025 Special Dispatch No. 11845 - Criticism Of Hamas In Egyptian Media: It Brought Disaster Upon Gaza, Must Be Held To Account, February 19, 2025 Special Dispatch No. 11831 - Pakistan's Former Ambassador To U.S. Ashraf Jehangir Qazi On Trump's Gaza Plan: 'The Extremist Christian-Zionist Crusader [Donald Trump] And The Israeli Mass Murderer [Benjamin Netanyahu] Feel Completely Secure And Unrestrained', February 19, 2025 Special Dispatch No. 11844 - Another Qatari Regime Scandal In France: Qatari Official Investigated By French Authorities; Earlier, In 2016, Qatari Ambassador Had Allegedly Bribed A French Minister, February 18, 2025 Inquiry and Analysis No. 1812 - African Intellectuals On U.S. Foreign Aid Pause: 'Time To Break Free From Foreign Aid Dependency'; 'A Challenge And An Opportunity'; 'Relying On Aid From The West Limits Our Opportunities To Be Industrious And Creative', February 18, 2025 Special Dispatch No. 11839 - Member Of Egyptian Senate: Arab Countries Should Propose A New Peace Initiative, February 18, 2025 Inquiry and Analysis No. 1806 - A Review Of The Use Of Tunnels By Hamas, Hizbullah, Al-Qaeda, ISIS, Ansar Allah (Houthis), And Other Jihadi Groups And Ramifications For U.S. National Security – With Foreword By General (Ret) Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., USMC, February 14, 2025 Inquiry and Analysis No. 1811 - The Qatar Weekly Update (QWU) – Part Of The Qatar Monitor Project (QMP) – No. 6, February 14, 2025, February 14, 2025 MEMRI TV MONITOR PROJECT MEMRI TV Clip No. 11838 – IRGC Aerospace Force Commander General Amir-Ali Hajizadeh: True Promise III Attack on Israel Will 'Definitely' Take Place; There Are Enough American Targets Around Us that Require Cheap Missiles, IRINN TV (Iran) MEMRI TV Clip No. 11837 – Anti-Israel Protesters in Boro Park, Brooklyn Pray: Oh Allah, Annihilate the Criminal Zionists, Kill Them One by One, Do Not Leave a Single One of Them, Online Platforms MEMRI TV Clip No. 11836 – Chinese Professor and Social Influencer Shen Yi: DeepSeek Combined with Huawei Will Form a Completely Closed Ecosystem Loop, Online Platforms MEMRI TV Clip No. 11835 – California Islamic Scholar Iyad Hilal: Europeans Should Facilitate 'Return Of Jews Migrants' To Europe – They Created This Crisis; Otherwise, Bloodshed Will Continue Beyond Gaza, Online Platforms MEMRI TV Clip No. 11834 – Iranian Student In China: Deepseek Has Shaken The U.S., Even Those Asleep In The Western Media's 'Information Cocoon' Will Eventually Realize China Will Rule The Future World, Online Platforms MEMRI TV Clip No. 11833 – Former Hizbullah TV Correspondent In Iran Mohammad Shamas: Iran Could Produce A Nuclear Weapon In Two Weeks If Faced With Existential Danger, Al-Manar TV (Lebanon) MEMRI TV Clip No. 11832 – Chinese Commentator Da Liu: DeepSeek Is Attacking The Core Of America's Technological Hegemony, Online Platforms MEMRI TV Clip No. 11831 – PLO Official Dr. Ahmad Majdalani: Hamas Dragged The Palestinians Into A New Nakba; This Is No Victory; One More Such 'Victory' And No Palestinians Will Be Left In Gaza, Palestinian Authority TV MEMRI TV Clip No. 11830 – Senior Hamas Official Osama Hamdan: We Have The Opportunity To Expand The 'Resistance Camp'; Arabs Must Break Free From Western Hegemony, We Can Slap Israel Anytime, Hamas Proved This October 7, Al-Jazeera Network (Qatar) MEMRI TV Clip No. 11829 – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Rejects Trump's Gaza Relocation Plan: Palestinians Should Be Allowed To Return To The Cities And Villages They Were Driven Out Of During The Nakba, Online Platforms MEMRI TV Clip No. 11828 – Palestinian Children Brandish Weapons, Salute Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam Brigades During Hamas Hostage Release Ceremony, Online Platforms MEMRI TV Clip No. 11827 – Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei Visits Weapon Exhibition, Inspects Upgraded Khorramshahr Missile Warhead, Unmanned Submarines That Launch UAVs, And Other Achievements Of Iran's Military Industries, Channel 1 (Iran) MEMRI TV Clip No. 11826 – Russian Philosopher Aleksandr Dugin: Islamic World's Response To The Gaza War Was Pitiful And Disgusting; It Was A Defeat And We Should Not Call It Victory; Islam Will Become A Real Global Power When It Can Destroy Israel, Online Platforms MEMRI TV Clip No. 11825 – Michigan Islamic Scholar Ahmad Musa Jibril: Imams Who Support Trump Are 'True Enemies'; He Sought Support From Them Like A Fly Searching For Waste, Then Appointed Zionists To His Cabinet Instead, Online Platforms
Memri
19-02-2025
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Iranian Interior Minister Iskander Momeni: '1.1 Million Afghan Refugees Have Been Sent Back To Afghanistan'
Amid media reports that Afghan refugees in Iran are facing increasing persecution by Iranian officials, Iran's Interior Minister Iskander Momeni disclosed in an interview on February 1, 2025, that, since March 2024, Tehran has deported 1.1 million Afghan refugees. [1] An earlier statement by Iran's Chief Commander of Law Enforcement (FARAJA) had noted that the number of Afghan refugees deported by Iran is expected to reach two million by the end of the current solar year, ending March 20, 2025. [2] While Afghans generally migrate to Iran in search of jobs, the number of Afghan refugees in Iran rose after the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA, i.e., the Afghan Taliban) took over Kabul in August 2021. Simultaneously, Iranian officials began rounding up Afghan refugees and deporting them back to Afghanistan. "Afghans are being deported, and even if you have a passport, some of their officers tear it up and say you have no documents at all, and then they send you to a detention camp," one Afghan migrant said. [3] Afghan refugees deported by Iran (image: According to a media report, Afghan refugees in Iran say that, in addition to their economic challenges, issues such as the disconnection of SIM cards add to their problems. "The disconnection of SIM cards and bank cards is among the issues worth mentioning. According to the new regulations of the Ministry of Roads and Transportation, Afghan migrants must pay higher amounts to use buses," said Asadullah Zairi, one of the migrants in Iran. [4] Hossein Sharafati, director-general of foreign nationals and migrants in Khorasan Razavi province of Iran, noted in an interview that even "legal" Afghan migrants do not have the right to reside or work. "None of the Afghan nationals, whether authorized or unauthorized, have the right to reside or work in the seven border cities of the province, and identifying these individuals has become a priority for relevant authorities," Sharafati said. [5] Following are excerpts from a media report based on the statement of Iran's Interior Minister Iskander Momeni who confirmed the deportation of 1.1 million Afghans: [6] A screenshot of the report published by "Iskandar Momeni, Iran's Minister of the Interior, announced on Saturday, February 1, that since the beginning of March last year [2024], 1.1 million Afghan refugees have been sent back to Afghanistan from Iran. "Momeni made these remarks during a special interview with Iran's state television, IRIB News. He highlighted that, as of now, there are six million foreign nationals living in Iran. He also pointed out that two million of these people are residing in Iran illegally, even for short-term stays. "Minister Momeni reminded that there are limited job opportunities available for both refugees and local citizens. Furthermore, international assistance to address the needs of the migrant population is still lacking. "Although Afghan migrants have historically been present in Iran, the number of migrants has increased significantly since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. Factors such as a lack of job opportunities, poverty, insecurity, and ethnic discrimination under Taliban rule have forced many Afghan citizens to flee their homeland. "The large number of Afghan refugees in Iran is placing immense pressure on the country's resources. With limited opportunities for both refugees and local populations, Iran faces a challenging situation. The need for international cooperation to support both the migrants and host communities is becoming more urgent. Given the ongoing political instability in Afghanistan, long-term solutions to the refugee crisis are necessary. International organizations and governments must work together to create sustainable plans that support refugees while addressing the root causes of displacement, such as conflict and lack of opportunity in Afghanistan." [1] (Afghanistan), February 2, 2025. [2] (Afghanistan), October 19, 2024. [3] (Afghanistan), October 19, 2024. [4] (Afghanistan), January 8, 2025. [5] (Afghanistan), October 11, 2024. [6] (Afghanistan), February 2, 2025.
