Iran has introduced a biometric identification system at the Dogharoon border crossing with Afghanistan to regulate the movement of Afghan migrants, a senior Iranian official announced.

Jafar Seyedabadi, director general for foreign nationals and immigrants affairs in Iran’s Khorasan Razavi province, said the first phase of the project has been completed and the system is expected to become operational within two weeks.

“The organisation of foreign nationals and monitoring their entry and exit from the country are among the main goals of implementing this major project,” Seyedabadi said, according to Iranian state media.

He noted that Dogharoon serves as the main entry and exit point for Afghan citizens travelling to and from Iran, making the biometric system “particularly vital” at that border.

Seyedabadi also said that around 70 percent of undocumented Afghan migrants expelled from Iran this year have crossed back through the Dogharoon checkpoint.

According to the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), the new biometric system records fingerprints, iris scans, and facial data at checkpoints and border crossings. The collected information will be used to store personal records and prevent deported individuals from re-entering Iran.