TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian foreign ministry categorically rejected any ties or talks between Tehran and Afghanistan's Taliban.

"We condemn the terrorist groups, and talks with terrorist groups run counter to our policy," Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham told reporters in her weekly press conference in Tehran on Wednesday.

Underlining that Iran seeks development and peace in Afghanistan, she said the national unity government in Afghanistan is able to remove the obstacles, including the operation of extremist and violent groups.

"The Islamic Republic of Iran has announced that it is ready to help the Afghan government to go past this difficult stage to move on the path of peace and progress," Afkham said.

In relevant remarks earlier this month, Iranian Ambassador to Kabul Mohammad Reza Bahrami categorically rejected any ties between Tehran and the extremist Taliban group.

"Iran and Taliban don't have any relations; no bounds have been defined in Iran's security strategy with those groups which create panic, and any ties with these groups will harm Iran, the region and outside the region," Bahrami told Afghanistan's Tolounews TV.

"Iran doesn�t support such groups at all," he added.

His remarks came after certain western media claimed that Iran and Taliban have teamed up against the ISIL terrorist group.

"Such reports are not documented and raise baseless claims," Bahrami said.

By Fars News Agency