In what would be considered as the biggest mass deportation in moder history, Iran is preparing to send back two million Afghan migrants in six months.
According to Ahmad-Reza Radan, head of Iran’s national police, they have started to detain migrants and dumping them back across the border of the Taliban-ruled country.
Shops in one province have been ordered not to sell food to Afghans, while videos have gone viral of an "Afghan George Floyd" having his neck knelt on by police officers.
According to the UN, around 4.5 million Afghans live in Iran, with many having fled the country since the takeover of the Taliban in 2021.
In order to prevent more migrants entering the country, Tehran is also building a 13ft-tall wall along a stretch of the 900-km-long border with Afghanistan.
Afghans who had worked in the security forces of the US-backed government told the Telegraph they were terrified of being sent back.
It follows the return of at least 600,000 Afghan refugees from Pakistan since Islamabad launched a crackdown on illegal migrants in October last year.
Mr. Radan, referring to Afghan nationals, said: "We are working to deport a significant number of unauthorized foreign nationals whose presence in the country is illegal."
Iran has been grappling with an economic crisis driven by Western sanctions and the mismanagement of the Islamic regime.