At least 25 Afghan young men froze to death from extreme cold in the Baghlacha area along the Iran-Turkey border on January 26, 2026, after Turkish police allegedly forced them back into Iran, sources told The Khorasan Diary in an X post shared during the three-hour reporting window ending at 3:47 PM UTC. The X post by @khorasandiary, published within the period from 12:47 PM to 3:47 PM UTC, cited unnamed sources for the report on the deaths of the migrants amid severe winter conditions near the border. No further details on the exact timing of the incident or official confirmations from Iranian or Turkish authorities were provided in the post during this window.
