RASC News Agency: Local sources from Afghanistan’s Baghlan province have confirmed the killing of Abdul Basir Andarabi, a young Afghanistani migrant residing in Tehran, who was fatally stabbed in a violent attack on the night of Wednesday, June 11. Originally from the village of Banu in the Andarab district of Baghlan, Andarabi had been living in the Shahr-e Rey area, located in southwestern Tehran. According to informed sources, the incident occurred while Andarabi was returning from a nearby bakery to his room when he was ambushed by unidentified assailants. He died at the scene as a result of multiple stab wounds. The identity and motives of the attackers remain unknown, and Iranian authorities have yet to issue an official statement or launch a visible investigation into the case.
Andarabi’s murder follows closely on the heels of another shocking case the discovery of the dismembered body of Kubra Rezai, a young Afghanistani woman, on the outskirts of Tehran just days earlier. These back-to-back tragedies have intensified alarm over the deteriorating safety conditions faced by Afghanistani migrants in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Earlier this month, reports also emerged concerning the killing of a former Afghanistani army officer from Nahrin district in Baghlan, who was reportedly stabbed to death by a group of armed men in Tehran. While Iranian law enforcement agencies have made no significant public disclosures regarding these cases, the pattern of violence has generated growing outrage among Afghanistani communities at home and abroad.
The recurring attacks have triggered widespread condemnation across social media platforms, where human rights advocates, independent journalists, and civil society leaders have voiced serious concern about the climate of hostility and impunity surrounding the treatment of Afghanistani nationals in Iran. Many are calling for immediate, impartial investigations and concrete legal action to bring the perpetrators to justice. Afghanistani social media users have also urged the Islamic Republic of Iran to decisively curb the rising tide of xenophobic violence, and to uphold its legal and moral obligations under international human rights frameworks to protect all residents, regardless of nationality.
These disturbing incidents are unfolding at a time when Iran has accelerated the mass deportation of undocumented Afghanistani migrants. Simultaneously, far-right and anti-immigrant factions within the country have intensified campaigns against the presence of migrant communities, further fueling xenophobic sentiment and societal divisions. Human rights organizations report a sharp increase in street-level violence, arbitrary arrests, and racially motivated assaults targeting Afghanistani migrants across Iran in recent months. This disturbing trend is compounding the humanitarian crisis faced by millions of Afghanistani nationals forced into exile due to conflict, poverty, and political repression at home.
Critics point to the de facto Taliban authorities’ ongoing failure to defend the rights and dignity of Afghanistani citizens abroad. While the Taliban claims to represent Afghanistan on the international stage, it has remained conspicuously silent on the growing number of violent incidents involving its citizens in neighboring countries. The regime’s lack of diplomatic response, infrastructure for consular protection, or even public acknowledgment of such crimes has left Afghanistani migrants exposed and voiceless. In the absence of a legitimate and proactive government capable of protecting its people, Afghanistani migrants continue to navigate an increasingly hostile environment abroad caught between foreign policies of exclusion and a homeland gripped by authoritarian rule and economic collapse.
