Two years of progress at Home Affairs under the GNU!
Here are the highlights of what our reform journey has already delivered over the past 24 months - with much more on the way as we deliver dignity for all:
🪪 New digital partnership extended Smart ID replacement service to 203 bank branches
➡️ Next: Ramp up to 750 branches and add first-time ID applications, Passports, and home delivery
Electronic Travel Authorisation with facial recognition and document verification live for tourist visas from 4 countries
➡️ Next: ETA scaled up for all visa-required countries and additional visa categories added
📲 Digital ID regulations published for public comment
➡️ Next: Final regulations promulgated and prototype launched
🛂 Lawful inland deportations increased by 46% and BMA technological capacity enhanced
➡️ Next: More immigration officers and BMA border guards recruited to increase enforcement
🆔 Record 4 million Smart IDs issued in 2025/26, over 1.3 million more than previous annual average
➡️ Next: Set new annual record to accelerate elimination of fraud-prone Green ID
📑 Historic visa backlog cleared
➡️ Next: Cut turnaround times and enhance security through the ETA
⚖️ 98 dismissals, 40 arrests and 10 convictions across DHA and BMA for corruption and maladministration
➡️ Next: Fully implement SIU recommendations to root out corruption
🌍 Automated citizenship reinstatement portal launched and dedicated service centres opened abroad
➡️ Next: Digitalisation of Smart ID and Passport applications abroad to cut turnaround times
And much more still to come! 🇿🇦
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BREAKING: The US has released the full text of its 14-point "Memorandum of Understanding" with Iran.
Key terms include:
1. The US, Iran, and their allies agree to immediately and permanently end military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon
2. The US and Iran agree to respect each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity and not interfere in each other's internal affairs
3. The US and Iran commit to negotiating and reaching a final deal within 60 days, unless mutually extended
4. The US will begin removing its naval blockade immediately and fully end the blockade within 30 days
5. Iran will use its best efforts to ensure safe passage for commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz for 60 days with no charge
6. The US and regional partners will develop a mutually agreed plan of at least $300 billion for Iran's reconstruction and economic development
7. The US will work toward terminating all types of sanctions against Iran, including UN, IAEA, primary, and secondary sanctions
8. Iran reaffirms that it will not procure or develop nuclear weapons and agrees to address its enriched material stockpile under IAEA supervision
9. Until a final deal is reached, Iran will maintain the current status quo of its nuclear program, while the US will impose no new sanctions and deploy no additional forces
10. The US Treasury will issue waivers for Iranian crude oil, petroleum products, derivatives, and associated banking, insurance, and transportation services
11. The US will make frozen or restricted Iranian funds and assets fully available for use
12. The US and Iran will establish an executive mechanism to monitor implementation of the MOU and future compliance with the final deal
13. After signing the MOU and implementing key ceasefire, blockade, shipping, oil waiver, and asset-release provisions, the US and Iran will begin final deal negotiations
14. The final deal will be endorsed by a binding UN Security Council resolution
The memorandum will trigger a 60-day window to negotiate a final deal.
این یک سند تاریخی و پیامی از ایران مقتدر است: صلح در سایه احترام متقابل تحقق خواهد یافت.
جمهوری اسلامی ایران به صلح جهانی با حفظ عزت و استقلال، پیشرفت و همکاری منطقهای همواره متعهد و پایبند است.