The Minister of Interior claims that identification numbers, not birth certificates, have been issued for foreign nationals.
The Minister of Interior stated that identification numbers have been issued for foreign nationals, not birth certificates, and anyone who requests to acquire citizenship must go through the proper procedures.
Ahmad Vahidi, regarding the recent publication of an image suggesting that birth certificates have been issued for foreign nationals, stated that what is issued for them is an identification number. Of course, in our civil law, there is a way to acquire citizenship, which follows a specific process.
The Minister of Interior emphasized that if a foreign individual requests citizenship, this request is reviewed through a process, and acquiring citizenship has a system that is usually decided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and this is a general procedure.
He continued, what is specifically relevant for immigrants here pertains to those who have been issued identification numbers, not birth certificates.
Vahidi, addressing whether birth certificates are issued for children whose mothers are Iranian and have married foreign nationals, said yes, according to the law, provisions have been made that are implemented.
