afghans live in iran but as the economy weakens many of them are losing jobs and being deported charla bella supports some herat in western afghanistan. this is the human cost of u.s. sanctions on iran these people are not iranian or american but afghan and sikkim and her family have lived in iran for twenty five years old the children were born there they were deported this week ending up in a un transit camp in waste in afghanistan. whoa there you know maybe they don't mind that we left behind our house our furniture i locked the doors and now i am here they were beating us they were very cruel they kept saying get lost. in the past iranian officials have said they have been proud to host an estimated three million afghans but is iran's economic situation worsens afghans one of the most vulnerable communities in iran some of the first to feel the pinch. more than two hundred thousand have been deported since the start of the year only a few thousand have received un support. for their economy kept getting worse and everyone was shouting and screaming we kept saying we're refugees here but