Editing Demographics of Iran (section)

====Refugee population====
{{See also|Foreign relations of Iran}}
Iran hosts one of the largest [[refugee]] population in the world, with more than one million refugees, mostly from [[Afghan refugees|Afghanistan]] (80%) and [[Iraq]] (10%). Since 2006, Iranian officials have been working with the [[UNHCR]] and Afghan officials for their [[repatriation]].<ref name="bbcb">{{cite web |url=http://www.unhcr.org/news/NEWS/452b78394.html |title=Tripartite meeting on returns to Afghanistan |publisher=[[United Nations High Commission for Refugees]] |access-date=14 April 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003213837/http://www.unhcr.org/news/NEWS/452b78394.html |archive-date=3 October 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web |url=http://www.migrationinformation.org/Profiles/display.cfm?ID=424#top |title=Migration Information Source – Iran: A Vast Diaspora Abroad and Millions of Refugees at Home |publisher=Migrationinformation.org |access-date=4 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140215052030/http://migrationinformation.org/Profiles/display.cfm?ID=424#top |archive-date=15 February 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> Between 1979 and 1997, UNHCR spent more than US$1&nbsp;billion on Afghan refugees in Pakistan but only $150&nbsp;million on those in Iran. In 1999, the [[Iranian government]] estimated the cost of maintaining its refugee population at US$10&nbsp;million per day, compared with the US$18&nbsp;million UNHCR allocated for all of its operations in Iran in 1999.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> As of 2016, some 300,000 [[work permit]]s have been issued for foreign nationals in Iran.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://financialtribune.com/articles/economy-domestic-economy/56277/300k-foreigners-have-work-permits|title=300K Foreigners Have Work Permits|date=26 December 2016|access-date=4 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105083313/https://financialtribune.com/articles/economy-domestic-economy/56277/300k-foreigners-have-work-permits|archive-date=5 January 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>