Pakistan's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani has said that Iran and Pakistan have a pivotal role to play in securing sustainable peace and stability in Afghanistan. During a meeting with the Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan Mohammad Ali Hosseini on Tuesday, Rabbani stressed Pakistans commitment to developing comprehensive ties with ...

The foreign minister of Afghanistan highlighted the significant role that Iran can play in helping reduce violence in his country and persuading the Taliban to take part in meaningful peace talks. In a meeting with Iranian foreign minister's special envoy for Afghanistan, held in Kabul, Afghan Foreign Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar said regional ...

Iran's Special Representative for Afghanistan said that Iran is eager to further strengthen cooperation between Kabul and Tehran in various fields, including border cooperation. Mohammad Ebrahim Taherian Fardmade the remarks in his meeting withAfghan Foreign Minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar. Appreciating the positions of the Islamic Republic ...

Iran says it supports Afghan peace talks aimed at ending the violence in Afghanistan, amid an unprecedented spike in violence in the eastern neighboring country. Iran supports an end to the violence in Afghanistan and a solution to the crisis through dialogue, Seyyed Rasoul Mousavi, head of the West Asia Department at Irans Foreign Ministry, said....

In a trilateral meeting, the foreign ministers of Iran, Turkey and Afghanistan emphasized the active participation of the three countries in the Afghan peace process and the fight against terrorism in the region. The tripartite meeting of Mohammad Javad Zarif, MevlutCavusoglu, and Mohammad Hanif Atmar, the foreign ministers of the Islamic ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif stressed the need to hold intra-Afghan talks for achieving lasting peace in this country. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who is in Turkey to participate in Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF), met and held talks with the Head of Afghanistans High Council for National Reconciliation ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message referred to his talks with UN envoys on Afghanistan and Yemen here in Tehran, saying, "Iran seeks regional peace and stability." "Fruitful talks with UNSG SRs on Afghanistan, Mr. Arnault, and on Yemen, Mr. Griffiths," Zarif wrote in his Twitter account on Wednesday. "Key theme: Peace ...

Diplomats from Iran and the UN called for efforts to reduce violence and civilian killings in Afghanistan. Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in Afghanistan and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) Jean Arnault has visited Iran with a delegation for consultations about various Afghan issues. The ...

Irans special envoy for Afghanistan Mohammad Ebrahim Taherian Fard met and held talks with the Head of Afghanistans High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah in Kabul. During the meeting held on Tuesday in Afghanistan's capital of Kabul and in line with the peace process in the country, Taherian Fard stressed the support of the ...

ranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the Talibans plan for the revival of an emirate in Afghanistan is not viable, stressing the need for the militant group to engage instead in an all-inclusive diplomatic process aimed at achieving broad-based peace in the war-ravaged country. Speaking at apanel discussion sessionof Indias flagship ...

The foreign minister, who is in Tajikistan to attend the Heart of Asia Conference, discussed the peace process in Afghanistan, regional issues and bilateral relations with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday afternoon. In the meeting, the President of Afghanistan, appreciating the positions of the Islamic Republic of Iran on the developments ...

The Iranian foreign minister has said that Tehran aims to help establish lasting peace and end hostilities in Afghanistan. According to the official website of the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Mohammad Javad Zarif made the comments upon arrival inthe Tajik capital of Dushanbe where he is to participate in a ministerial meeting of the Heart of Asia Istanbul ...

The foreign ministers of Iran, Tajikistan and Afghanistan weighed plans at a meeting in Dushanbe for cultural cooperation among the three Persian-speaking nations. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, his Tajik counterpart Sirojiddin Muhriddin, and Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Mohammad Hanif Atmar held the trilateral meeting on ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif described the efforts made by some countries and movements to tarnish Iran-Afghanistan relations as indication of their dissatisfaction. Speaking in a meeting with his Afghan counterpart Hanif Atmar which was held on the sidelinesof Heart of Asia conference, Zarif pointed to lifting consular limitations ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met and held talks with Pakistan Prime Minister's Special Representative for Afghanistan Mohammad Sadiq on Sunday evening. Heading a delegation Mohammad Sadiq arrived in Tehran on Sunday and met with the Iranian foreign minister on the latest developments in Afghanistan. Expressing satisfaction with ...

The secretary of Irans Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) says the Islamic Republic will never recognize any entity that would grab power in neighboring Afghanistan through war and armed conflict. Ali Shamkhani said in a Wednesday meeting with the visiting Talibans top political leaderMullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in Tehran that the United States ...

Iranian FM Zarif reiterates the necessity of US withdrawal from the region. In an interview with Afganistan's Tolo News, Javad Zarif reiterated Iran's emphasis on the US withdrawal from the region after the assassination of Martyr Soleimani. "Iran has always said that the United States should leave the region." Iranian Foreign Minister also ...

An Iranian top diplomat says the presence of foreign forces is a source of instability in neighboring Afghanistan, urging foreign troops for an orderly and responsible withdrawal from the country. Speaking in a meeting of UN Security Council on Afghanistan, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations Majid Takht-...

The Iranian Foreign Ministrys spokesperson welcomed a recent deal between the Afghan government and the Taliban to press on with peace talks. In a statement on Thursday, Saeed Khatibzadeh reaffirmed Irans support for peaceful solutions, restoration of calm, and establishment of security in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. He also welcomed the ...

Tasnim Irans Embassy in Kabul dismissed comments from US special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation about Tehrans insufficient support for the Afghan peace process, reaffirming the Islamic Republics backing for the intra-Afghan negotiations. In a statement on Saturday, the Iranian Embassy refuted the recent remarks by American diplomat ...