Al-Monitor | Alireza Noori: Afghanistan was the main focus of the second Regional Security Dialogue, held Dec. 18 in Tehran and attended by national security officials from Russia, China, India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Many issues in Afghanistan pose threats to the entire region and therefore are of common concern to all the participating ...

MNA Participant at the 2nd Regional Security Dialogue issued a statement on Thursday, pointing to the important topics discussed during the one-day event in Tehran. The participants highlighted the need for a regional cooperation mechanism to counter the main challenges of the region including terrorism, illegal drugs, organized crimes, and immigration ...

Press TV - Security chiefs of Iran and Russia have warned about the deliberate relocation of remnants of the Daesh Takfiri terror group from their former Middle East bastions to Afghanistan. Ali Shamkhani, Secretary of Irans Supreme National Security Council, and Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of the Russian Federation Security Council, made the remarks ...

Tasnim Secretary of Irans Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani highlighted the importance of closer relations with Tajikistan and said the Islamic Republic sees no limit on developing cooperation with the Central Asian country. Speaking at a meeting with Secretary of National Security Council of Tajikistan Mohammadali Vatanzadeh ...

MNA Secretaries of the security councils of Iran and Russia, Ali Shamkhani and Nikolai Patrushev, met and held talks in Tehran on Wednesday morning. Their meeting came a few minutes before the second session of Regional Security Dialogue, which is held at the initiative of and hosted by the Secretariat of the Supreme National Security Council of ...

ISNA | Hadi Zand: The second session of Regional Security Dialogue with a focus on Afghanistan kicked off in Tehran on Wednesday with the participation of high-ranking security officials from Iran, Russia, China, India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.   ...

MNA Iran's secretary of Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) says the main factors threatening the Middle East are terrorism, extremism and the intrusion of foreign powers in the region. Terrorism, extremism and the devastating presence of non-regional powers are posing the biggest threats to the region [s security], Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani ...

Tasnim The Secretariat of Irans Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) announced that it will host the second edition of an international meeting on regional security in Tehran on Wednesday. In a statement released on Tuesday, the SNSC Secretariat said the 2nd session of the Regional Security Dialogue will be held in Tehran with the top security ...

TASS - Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev is due to pay a visit to Iran on December 18, the Councils press service said in a statement on Tuesday. "In Tehran, Nikolai Patrushev will take part in a multilateral meeting of security councils secretaries and national security advisers devoted to Afghanistan," the statement said. The ...