Davood Eyvazlu

Shahid Beheshti University | SBU · Department of Geography

Afghan immigrants – refugees and irregular immigrants – number over 3 million in Iran. They have an important impact on urbanization and rural development nationally and locally, and they are also a significant community of international interest. There are many types of Afghans in Iran. This should be taken into account when designing more special...

More than 3 million Afghans—refugees, regular migrants and irregular migrants—reside in Iran. They are a significant community whose migration and migration aspirations are of international, national and local interest and impact. The research “Afghans in Iran: Migration Patterns and Aspirations” was conducted in cooperation with the University o...

This article studies the self-management of guest towns (GTs) in Iran and the development of Afghan refugees' employment and entrepreneurship in these settlements. No earlier research exists on refugee entrepreneurialism in GTs in Iran. The research is based on surveys (546 refugee respondents), interviews (35 refugees) and observations in four G...

The studies on forced migrants' digitally mediated communication and transnational practices have not sufficiently addressed contexts in which migrants are imposed with strong regulations on their physical mobility and information and communication technology (ICT), Internet, and social media uses. This article studied Internet and social media use...

Undocumented migrants are among the most imperiled groups in the contemporary world as they live in a world divided into states. These migrants do not have a legal right to remain in the countries in which they currently reside. This chapter studies how undocumented migrants in Finland and Iran were affected during the COVID-19 pandemic. In particu...

The studies on forced migrants’ digitally mediated communication and transnational practices have not sufficiently addressed contexts in which migrants are imposed with strong regulations on their physical mobility and information and communication technology (ICT), Internet, and social media uses. This article studied Internet and social media u...

This article reviewed critically the public discourses about air pollution in Tehran metropolis. Being a crucial outcry, There have been different justification by constructing misinformed discourses and therefore, preventing radical solutions to the cause of problem at both national and local level.