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Description: (2 May 2022) IRAN AFGHANISTAN SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS RESTRICTION SUMMARY: NO ACCESS BBC PERSIAN/NO ACCESS VOA PERSIAN/NO ACCESS MANOTO TV/NO ACCESS IRAN INTERNATIONAL LENGTH: 3:26 ASSOCIATED PRESS - NO ACCESS BBC PERSIAN/NO ACCESS VOA PERSIAN/NO ACCESS MANOTO TV/NO ACCESS IRAN INTERNATIONAL ++The Associated Press is adhering to Iranian law that stipulates all media are banned from providing BBC Persian, VOA Persian, Manoto TV and Iran International any coverage from Iran, and under this law if any media violate this ban the Iranian authorities can immediately shut down that organisation in Tehran.++ Tehran - 25 April 2022 1. Zahra Husseini, Afghan refugee, and her children walking 2. Husseini and children entering house 3. Close of Husseini 4. Husseini washing dishes 5. Husseini's hands while washing dishes 6. Husseini inside kitchen 7. Child's hands while playing with toys 8. Top shot of Husseini plying with her children 9. Husseini plying with her children 10. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Zahra Husseini, Afghan refugee: "When the Taliban came, they killed my husband, they said we will marry widowed women. We ran away toward Iran. We waited at the border for five days and were on the road for 10 days. Some days we walked for three, four or five hours. Sometimes we took a car or a motorcycle. Finally, we arrived here." 11. Close of Husseini's daughter and son 12. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Zahra Husseini, Afghan refugee: "It was very difficult. The kids were starving and had no water to drink. We were in the desert for two or three days." 13. Children playing Tehran - 29 April 2022 14. Worker putting cement in roof 15. Wide of workers working 16. Close of worker 17. Worker cutting stone 18. Close of worker 19. Mid of workers 20. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Gol Ahmad, Afghan worker: "Speaking of the economy, people (in Afghanistan) are in a tough condition. There are few jobs and opportunities there. That's why they go abroad, especially to Iran which is a neighboring country." Tehran - 17 April 2022 21. Tilt up Abbas Husseini, Afghan journalist and political expert based in Tehran 22. Husseini reading magazine 23. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Abbas Husseini, Afghan journalist in Iran: "Based on our statistics, 5,000 to 6,000 people cross the border into Iran, mostly illegally. This has unfortunately turned into a lucrative business for human traffickers between Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan." 24. Close of magazine 25. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Abbas Husseini, Afghan journalist in Iran: "There are a lot of reports that sabotage and terrorist groups among the big numbers that are entering Iran disguised as refugees. Everything is possible. They can carry out acts of sabotage." 26. Low angle of Husseini reading Tehran - 25 April 2022 27. Woman shopping for fruits 28. Various of children playing LEADIN: Afghanistan's border with Iran has become a lifeline for desperate refugees after the country plunged into economic crisis following the withdrawal of Western troops last summer. STORYLINE: The Taliban members who killed her activist husband offered Zahra Husseini a deal: Marry one of us, and you'll be safe. Husseini, 31, decided to flee. Through swaths of lawless flatlands she and her two small children trekked by foot, motorcycle and truck until reaching Iran. As Afghanistan plunged into economic crisis after the United States withdrew troops and the Taliban seized power, the 960-kilometer (572-mile) long border with Iran became a lifeline for Afghans who piled into smugglers' pickups in desperate search of money and work.    =========================================================== Find out more about AP Archive: aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: facebook.com/APArchives ​​ Instagram: instagram.com/APNews You can license this story through AP Archive: aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/4870d90639e045ca8ff70999b03f9978