Iran's treatment of this demographic has been subject to past criticism, however, most notable in the 2013 Human Rights Watch report that detailed the mistreatment and sometimes abuse Afghans faced from both Iranian society and the government. 
Hatua ya serikali ya Irani kutoa huduma hizi kwa wakimbizi imekosolewa sana, hata hivyo, ripoti ya mwaka 2013 Shirika la Haki za Binadamu iliyoonesha kwamba wakimbizi wa Afghanistani walikuwa wakitendewa uonevu na wakati mwingine kunyanyaswa na wananchi wa Irani na serikali.