Iran is a signatory to the 1951&#x2F;1967 convention (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.unhcr.org&#x2F;protect&#x2F;PROTECTION&#x2F;3b73b0d63.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.unhcr.org&#x2F;protect&#x2F;PROTECTION&#x2F;3b73b0d63.pdf</a>)<p>Saudi arabia (along with most gulf states) is not. As a result they are not included in UNHCR statistics.<p>edit: Weird. The comements above seem different from what i remember. Either they were edited different from what i orginally replied to or i replied to wrong comment