Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian held a phone conversation with former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday. In the telephone conversation, the Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian emphasized "the principled policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran based on dialogue between all groups to form an inclusive government ...

A number of Afghanistans border guards and customs staffers, who had fled to Iran after the Taliban took over the border crossings on the Afghan soil, have been repatriated to Kabul by plane, the Iranian Polices spokesperson said. The spokesman for the Iranian Police, General Mahdi Hajian, said on Sunday that a number of armed border guards of Afghanistan ...

The spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry gave an assurance that security prevails along the countrys eastern boundaries with Afghanistan as the Taliban have stepped up their insurgency and taken control of border crossings on the Afghan soil. The borders of the Islamic Republic of Iran are in full tranquility and security thanks to the ...

Afghan security authorities said that Taliban fighters have gained control of a vital area in western Afghanistan on Thursday, which includes a major border crossing with Iran. Taliban has continues its rapid military advances around the country. The Taliban has overrun areas bordering five countries Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, China and Pakistan ...

Iranian customs officials say a key crossing on the eastern border with Afghanistan has not been affected by a massive blaze that engulfed facilities on the other side of the border on Saturday. A senior official from Irans Razavi Khorasan province said that the fire in Afghanistans Islam Qala border crossing had not spread to Irans Dogharoon post....

MNA Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal Affairs Mohsen Baharvand described the Harirud incident as the result of illegal traffic on the Iranian-Afghan border. Iran's strategy on Afghanistan is to help this country to find political solutions to achieve peace and stability, said Baharvand on Sunday referring to his visit to Afghanistan ...

Tasnim Iranian Police Commander Brigadier General Hossein Ashtari highlighted the security situation along the countrys common border with neighboring Afghanistan as desirable. According to Tasnim dispatches, the police commander visited the border units in the southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan along the common border with Afghanistan ...

IRNA The Iranian Army is strongly protecting the eastern borders of the country, according to the commander of ground forces of the Army. Speaking to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) on Thursday, Brigadier General Kiumars Heydari said that the forces of the Iranian Army have been deployed on the joint borders with Afghanistan. He said that ...

IRNA Borders of South Khorasan Province are in charge of more than 30 percent of Irans exports to Afghanistan, said Deputy Trade Minister. Trades with Afghanistan should be enhanced, said Iraj Movafaq in a ceremony held to appreciate the services of the exporters of Southern Khorasan province on Wednesday evening. He said that Iran exported ...

IRNA Iranian Army has taken the responsibility for safeguarding the common borders with Afghanistan, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri said. Baqeri made the remarks Monday, addressing a conference with the attendance of the army ground forces commanders. He vowed more secure borders after ceding ...

Press TV - Iranian border guardshave disbanded a three-member team of gunmen as they were trying to cross the countrys border with Afghanistan. The outfit was confronted and neutralized during a clash in the Nehbandan border area in South Khorasan Province on Thursday, IRNA reportedciting police reports. The clash, which took place in Nehbandan ...

IRNA Border exchange between the northeastern Iranian province of South Khorasan and the neighboring country of Afghanistan is normal despite the recent news about a ban on exports from Iran, a provincial official announced on Tuesday. About 570 Iranian and Afghan lorries went back and forth during the past two days in Mahiroud border in northeast ...

Tasnim Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri paid a visit to a northwestern Pakistani border province, during which he was briefed on the measures Pakistan has taken to secure its common frontier with Afghanistan and tackle terrorism. Accompanied by ranking Pakistani commanders, the top Iranian general visited ...

Iran says it is ready to conduct joint counterterrorism operations with eastern neighbors Afghanistan and Pakistan. Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli told reporters in Tehran on April 13 that Iran was willing to "carry out joint operations against terrorists with Pakistan and Afghanistan inside their territory." Fazli said that although ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian and Afghan border guards officials inked a security agreement to expand their cooperation and coordination in administering border-related issues. In a meeting between Iranian Border Guards Commander Brigadier General Qassem Rezayee and his Afghan counterpart Major General Mohammad Shafiq Fazli in the Afghan city of Nimrouz, ...

Tehran, Jan 6, IRNA Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif said on Tuesday that Iran is ready for expansion of cooperation with Afghanistan to consolidate stability. He made the remarks in a meeting with Afghan National Security Advisor Hanif Atmar. Zarif said that the approach of the Government of Hope and Prudence is to expand ties with the neighbors ...

[caption id="attachment_130680" align="alignright" width="123"] Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Abbas Araqchi (L) and Wendy Sherman, the top US negotiator in Iran-P5+1 nuclear talks[/caption] A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by AEI Critical Threats ...

First of all, it should be noted that under its new president, Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, Afghanistan has signed the Bilateral Security Agreement with the United States, which makes it possible for Washington to keep its military presence in the West Asian country up to 2024 and station its troopers at five important military bases across Afghanistan. ...

Mashhad, Khorassan Razavi Prov, Nov 9, IRNA Border guards commanders of Iran and Afghanistan stressed the need for further cooperation between the two countries on various issues pertaining to border security.   In a joint meeting hosted by the Iranian borderline forces in the city of Taibad in this northeastern province, Afghan General ...

[caption id="attachment_99173" align="alignright" width="257"] In this Sunday, June 1, 2014 photo, an Iranian border guard patrols Iran's Dogharoun border with Afghanistan, near Taibad in eastern Iran. In the face of Afghanistans unprecedented boom in opium production, neighboring Iran is trying to baton down its border to slow down smuggling, building ...