The Iran Project - A senior Iranian official stressed the importance of enhancing cooperation in the region and preventing the United States from returning to Afghanistan, while condemning Washington's destructive role in the country over the past two decades. Hassan Kazemi-Qomi, Iran's special representative for Afghanistan, made the comments ...

The Iran Project - On the anniversary of the Taliban's seizure of power in Afghanistan, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian reiterated Iran's call for the formation of an inclusive government in Afghanistan. He made the remarks in Tehran on Tuesday while meeting with Tariq Ali Bakheet, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)'s ...

Iranian Foreign Ministry issued a statement to once again condemned the 1998 terrorist attack in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, stressing that Tehran demands measures to clarify the dimensions of the incident. The statement, released on Tuesday, explained that the Consulate General of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Mazar-i-Sharif was attacked 25 ...

Iranian minister ofinterior said that tensions have eased on the eastern border with Afghanistan and the area is now secure, days after a deadly unprovoked attack by Taliban forces. Ahmad Vahidis remarks cametwo days after two Iranian border guards were killed as heavily-armed Taliban forces opened fireat a border post in Irans Sistan and Baluchestan ...

Iran closes the Milak border crossing with Afghanistan, a major trade route, until further notice, following an exchange of heavy gunfire between Iranian border guards and Taliban forces. Ayoub Kord, the director of the Department of Roads and Transport in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, said on Saturday that economic exchanges through ...

Clashes have occurred between Iranian border guards and Afghanistans Taliban forces on the joint border between the two countries, media reports said. On Saturday, footage emerged online of exchanges of fire between Iranian border guards and Taliban forces on the border of Irans Sistan and Baluchestan Province and the Afghan Province of ...

Two Iranian border guards have been killed and two civilians wounded during clashes with armed members of Taliban in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan. Iran's deputy police chief said on Saturday the Taliban started shooting at a border post in violation of international law and the principles of good neighborliness. Around ...

Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has stated Tehran does not recognize the incumbent ruling body in Afghanistan, urging the Taliban to form an inclusive government. Amirabdollahian made the remarks on Thursday during a meeting between Foreign Ministries officials and Seyyed Hassan Khomeini, the grandson of Imam Khomeini, at the ...

Newly-released satellite images show a considerable amount of water at the two controversial dams built by Afghanistan on the Helmand River shared with Iran, contrary to the Talibans claims of water shortages there. The images, published by IRNA on Tuesday, were captured by Irans domestically-developed Khayyam Satellite. The images ...

The Iranian presidents special envoy for Afghanistan says the interim Taliban rulers have one month to provide Iran access to its share of water from the Helmand River, and that they will be responsible for the consequences if they fail to do so. In an interview with the state TV, Hassan Kazemi Qomi referred to the Talibans claim of water shortages,...

A high-ranking Iranian military delegation has traveled to Afghanistan, Kabul, for talks with the Taliban rulers about border issues and mutual cooperation, amid tensions between the two sides over Tehrans water rights from the Helmand River. The delegation, led by Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier General Bahram Hosseini ...

Even the Iranian apologists of the Taliban now know that putting up with the group doesnt work, an Iranian daily stated, amid the former groups refusal to release Irans water shares from Helmand River into Iranian territory. Jomhouri-e Eslami Daily said in an editorial on Saturday that the Iranian government should make the Taliban understand that ...

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has unanimously condemned a ban by the Taliban on Afghan women working for the UN in Afghanistan, calling on the Taliban leaders to swiftly reverse a crackdown on the rights of women and girls. The resolution drafted by the United Arab Emirates and Japan describes the ban as unprecedented in ...

Iran's special envoy for Afghanistan Hassan Kazemi-Qomi said that Iran has issued three-month permit for diesel transit to Afghanistan for three month. In line with supplying Afghan peoples needs in winter and at Afghan officials requests, Iran has issued permit for diesel transit to Afghanistan for three months, Kazemi-Qomi wrote in his Twitter ...

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said that the Afghanistan embassy in Tehran is operating in accordance with the 1961 Vienna convention as the other embassies in Tehran do. "The diplomatic activities of the Afghan Embassy in Tehran, like all foreign embassies, are going on in accordance with principles and rules stipulated by ...

Acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Amir Khan Muttaqi arrived in Tehran on Saturday, heading an economic and political delegation. Afghanistan's acting ministers of economy and commerce and industry and the deputy chiefs of several economic ministries of Afghanistan are also in the delegation. The Afghan delegation is slated to discuss economic ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian in a meeting with UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said that capacity for offering services to a greater volume of refugees does not exist in Iran, and urged the international community to pay special attention to Afghan nations living conditions. Amirabdollahian in his Monday night meeting ...

Iranian Foreign Minister stressed that the future of Afghanistan will be guaranteed through the formation of an inclusive government with the participation of all ethnic groups. "Diverse conversations on the sidelines of the OIC Summit in Islamabad. I stressed developing cooperation with Pakistan, neighboring and Islamic countries", the ...

The administration of US President Joe Biden is reportedly reviewing a 2018 sanctions waiver, which allowed Afghanistan to purchase Iranian gasoline and gasoil. An unnamed State Department spokesperson told London-based Middle East Eye online news outletthat the waiver put in place by theTrumpadministration remains under active review after the ...

Irans Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said that the United States was responsible for a significant part of instability and insecurity in Afghanistan. Speaking in theministerial meeting on the Humanitarian Situation in Afghanistan chaired by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday, Amirabdollahian highlighted the new situation ...