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Iran Reaches Agreements with Afghanistan in Trade Development:

By Bibi Amina Hakimi in TOLOnews Online, Oct 11, 2023 at 10:28 PMIran’s economic delegation has reached an agreement with Islamic Emirate’s officials and private sector representatives of Afghanistan on some issues in the areas of trade development. Iran’s Ambassador to Kabul Hassan Kazemi Qomi, said they have agreed to create an Iran-Afghanistan chamber, trade development, to provide of facilities in the transit sector and investment in the agricultural sector. “The creation of the Iran-Afghanistan…

Iran begins identifying and deporting undocumented Afghan migrants:

By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, October 9, 2023Ali Bahadori Jahromi, the spokesperson for the Iranian government, has announced the commencement of a program to organize foreign citizens residing in different parts of Iran, with a particular focus on identifying and deporting individuals deemed “illegal residents.” His remarks respond to xenophobic attacks and protests against Afghan migrants in Iran.The largest group of foreign citizens in Iran consists of Afghans, who primarily migrate to…

Calls Mount For Continuation of Humanitarian Aid to Afghanistan

By Bibi Amina Hakimi in TOLOnews, Sept 28, 2023The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan as well as representatives of the UK, China, Pakistan, and Iran called for the continuation of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan. Speaking at the UN Security Council Meeting, the head of UNAMA, Roza Otunbayeva, said that the Afghanistan Humanitarian Response Plan had received US $872 million, approximately only 28 per cent of the $3.2 billion requested. “Many programmes have already closed…

Iran’s Foreign Minister Calls Afghanistan a ‘Deep-Rooted” Crisis

report in Khaama Press online, Sept 24, 2023Hossein Amir Abdollahian, the Foreign Minister of Iran, emphasized in a meeting of the Asian Crisis Council that Afghanistan is one of the “deep-rooted crises” in the region and underlined the regional impacts of this situation. On Saturday, Iran’s Foreign Minister, in the Asian Council meeting on the Expansion of Terrorism and the Crisis of Migration and Refugees, regarded them as the consequences of the crisis in Afghanistan.…

Iran emphasizes inclusive Afghan Govt despite Taliban warning

report in Khaama Press, online ,Sept 4, 2023Iran’s Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, has reiterated the call for the establishment of an inclusive government in Afghanistan, despite warnings from the Taliban de facto administration against foreign intervention in internal affairs. Abdul Ghani Baradar, acting Deputy Prime Minister of the de faction administration, emphasized during a meeting with Iran’s Ambassador and Special Representative to the President that external intervention should be avoided in our internal matters. The…

Iran building Qasem Soleimani hospital in Afghanistan’s Kandahar

report in Khaama Press online, Sept 2, 2023The Islamic Republic of Iran has announced its intention to establish a medical facility named after Qasem Soleimani in Kandahar, Afghanistan. According to Iran’s Fars News Agency, quoting Javad Karimi Ghodoosi, a representative of the Iranian Parliament, the country plans to set up a medical facility in the province of Kandahar, named after the former commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The facility…

Iran calls on Taliban to establish inclusive Govt in Afghanistan

By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press online, Sept 1, 2023Iran’s Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs, Seyed Rasoul Mousavi, emphasized that the Taliban holds a global obligation to establish an inclusive government in Afghanistan. In response to a speech by Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, where he criticized countries pressuring the Taliban regarding the formation of an inclusive government, Mousavi articulated that the Taliban bears a worldwide responsibility to create a government that includes…

Iran urges regular monthly water level assessment for Helmand River

report in Khaama Press, Aug 25, 2023During a press conference, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanani emphasized the importance of monthly assessments of the water level in the Helmand River to ensure Iran’s water quota is met. Kanani underscored that Tehran’s technical delegation is actively and seriously addressing this issue. “Continuing to send regular monthly information and periodical visits, water measurement information and indicators, timely visits to this station and accurate determination of the amount…

Fuel for tea deal: SL breaks promise to Iran

By Amith Gamage in Ceylon Today, Aug 19, 2023It has been revealed that though Sri Lanka had received fuel from Iran, in exchange for tea, during the early part of last year, to tide over its dollar and economic crisis, thus far the Government has failed to keep up its promise to Tehran. It has come to light that though Sri Lanka had received USD 250 million worth of fuel from Iran, the Government has…

Iran demands clarity on 1998 killing of diplomats in Mazar-e-Sharif

By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, Aug 8, 2023The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday urged Afghanistan’s interim Taliban administration to provide more details regarding the 25-year-old “terrorist” incident that claimed the lives of eight Iranian diplomats and a journalist in Mazar-i-Sharif. The Iranian Foreign Ministry condemned the “bitter and unforgettable” atrocity in a statement on its anniversary, honoured those who lost their lives and urged the Taliban administration to provide “clarity” on the incident.…

Taliban prepare suicide bombers in water dispute with Iran

Bloomberg report, Aug 7, 2023 at 11.02 AM ISTIn mid-May, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi issued a warning to the Taliban: Honor Afghanistan’s water-supply agreement or face the consequences. A well-known Taliban figure offered a mocking gift of a 20-liter water container in response and told him to stop making terrifying ultimatums. About a week later, a skirmish erupted on the border, leaving two Iranian guards and one Taliban member dead. The Taliban sent thousands of…