{"id":1170,"date":"2026-03-11T04:32:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T04:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/afghanistan\/?page_id=1170"},"modified":"2026-03-26T08:53:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T08:53:53","slug":"help-if-youre-returning-from-iran","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/afghanistan\/support\/returning-to-afghanistan\/help-if-youre-returning-from-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Help if you\u2019re returning from Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Effective 23 March 2026<\/strong>, UNHCR in Afghanistan will provide cash assistance to the following categories of Afghans returning from Iran or facing deportation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Afghan refugees returning voluntarily with a valid Voluntary Repatriation Form (VRF) issued by UNHCR offices in Iran.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Afghan refugees holding a valid Amayesh card who return spontaneously or face deportation from Iran.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Persons with heightened protection risks among \u201cother documented holders,\u201d as well as undocumented Afghans who return spontaneously or face deportation from Iran.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Effective 23 March 2026, UNHCR in Afghanistan will provide cash assistance to the following categories of Afghans returning from Iran or facing deportation:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":537,"featured_media":0,"parent":643,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/sectioned.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1170","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/afghanistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/afghanistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/afghanistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/afghanistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/537"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/afghanistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1170"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/afghanistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1249,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/afghanistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1170\/revisions\/1249"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/afghanistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/afghanistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}