Iran holds the largest Afghan diaspora in the world, and of the three million Afghans in Iran, one million are estimated to be children. Emerging reports of undocumented Afghan girls being sold into sexual slavery, and research showing that boys are being forced to fight in Syria on behalf of the Iranian government are hugely worrying developments. They are also developments that this site feels deserve more coverage.
The piece was published this week on Kayhan Life, a fully independent media outlet focusing on news about the Middle East. By way of disclosure, Researching Reform’s editor is the managing editor for the newspaper, which also has a strong focus on child rights. If you are interested in child welfare and would like to know more about the obstacles children in Iran face day to day, you can access those articles here.
Our story this week highlights the sexual exploitation of Afghan girls in Iran and the forced conscription of Afghan boys, who are coerced into fighting in Syria by Iran’s government. You can read the article here.
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No child should be involved in war and conflict. they are supposed to be enjoying their childhood not learning how to shoot guns and kill people.
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Children are one of the many casualties of any war. They are innocent of all blame, yet are so often maimed or killed. World leaders count them among the logistics under the title of people, and therefore just so many ticks in boxes. That’s what we have all become in the world of statisticians; people that are merely units who become dispensable when considering the greater good.
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Unless you are one of the ruling classes or a royal family then you have no value as a human being in this world.
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Natasha, I think you should carefully check this one. It looks like an attempt to discredit Iran. Particularly as Washington is recruiting Jihadists to attackSyria
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All the stories I write are thoroughly checked before being written, but thank you.
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