Overview
- UNHCR’s preliminary assessment counts 600,000–1,000,000 Iranian households displaced, a ceiling of about 3.2 million people, with numbers expected to climb.
- Most people are moving out of Tehran and other major cities toward northern and rural areas as access to essential services deteriorates.
- UNHCR says it is scaling operations with national authorities and partners to meet rising needs and to prepare for further population movements.
- Refugees hosted in Iran, largely Afghans, face heightened risks due to precarious status and limited support networks, with aid groups warning of mounting threats to children and basic services.
- Iranian officials report more than 1,300 deaths and damage to over 30 hospitals and health facilities, and regional displacement has surged in Lebanon to roughly 700,000–800,000 people.