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21. Asylum & Migration | Iran
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21.1 The Definition of Refugee in the Iranian Legal System

Being adopted thirteen years before acceding to the Refugee Convention, the Refugee Ordinance of 17 December 1963 was the first Iranian regulation on the issue of the refugee. In its first…

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Keyhanlou, Fatemeh and Jadali, Safinaz, “21. Asylum & Migration | Iran”, in: Encyclopedia of Public International Law in Asia Online, General Editor: Seokwoo Lee. Consulted online on 07 December 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2772-8161_EPIL_COM_3076>
First published online: 2021
First print edition: 20210922



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