By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, May 31, 2023Ahmad Vahidi, Iran’s interior minister, asked the Taliban authorities to advise their security forces to maintain peace and security and avoid further border conflicts. The Iranian Minister said on Wednesday that peace and security had been restored in the area following the recent incidents that occurred along the Iran-Afghanistan border, according to Tasnim News. Vahidi blamed the Taliban forces for last week’s border clashes and…
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By Ahmad Yosufkhail in ToloNews, May 30,2023 at 9:45 PMThe commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Aerospace Force (IRGC-AF), Amir Ali Hajizadeh, referring to recent border clashes with Afghanistan, said that “enemies” are seeking to turn the border tension with Afghanistan into a war and that there is no need to be concerned about it. Speaking at the Tehran University of Science and Technology, Hajizadeh called the clashes with the border forces of the…
Report in TOLOnews Online, May 24, 2023 at 9:58 PMThe Iranian Minister of Interior, Ahmad Wahidi, at a public forum rejected the statements of Islamic Emirate authorities about the lack of water in the Helmand River and said that the existing reports are “contrary to the claims made, and that is why the officials’ field visit is proposed and if there is no water, the issue will be resolved.” The tension between Kabul and Tehran…
Report in TOLOnews, May 18, 2023 at 10:56 PMIran’s President Ebrahim Raisi said that the current Afghan government should ensure Iran’s water rights of the Helmand River based on international treaties, Iranian media reported. Addressing reporters during a visit to Sistan and Balouchestan province on Thursday, Raisi said the current Afghan authorities should “immediately” provide Iran with its share of water. “I will remind the rulers of Afghanistan that they should not regard our demand…
By Nazir Shinwari in ToloNews, Apr 28, 2023 at 10:57 PMIranian media reported that Ali Salajegheh, the Vice President of Iran and head of Iran’s Department of Environment, is expected to travel to Afghanistan to pursue the Helmand water rights issue. Ali Salajegheh told Iranian media that they are discussing the matter with Afghan officials and in a week or two a delegation will go to Afghanistan to follow up on the water rights issue.…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, April 24, 2023The Foreign Minister of Iran, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, once again emphasized the issue of Iran’s right to the Helmand River. Abdollahian said in an interview with IRNA Govt News Agency that based on the order of the Iran President, Ebrahim Raisi, during the one and half years, the foreign ministry, and the special envoy for Afghanistan, Kazem Qomi, have pursued the matter consistently. Iranian Foreign…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, April 17, 2023Iran has reiterated its claim to disputed shared water resources with Afghanistan. On Monday, Iran Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian tweeted that he discussed the disputed water resources with his Afghan counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi while they were both in Uzbekistan. “In my recent talks with Mr Muttaqi, acting Foreign Minister of the de facto government of Afghanistan in Samarkand city, we emphasized the issue of…
report in ToloNews, Mar 9, 2023 at 9.41pmThe Foreign Minister of Iran, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, said that Tehran does not recognize the Afghan interim government but will continue to cooperate with Afghanistan. Abdollahian, at a press conference with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu, called for the formation of an inclusive government. “We don’t recognize (it) and we hope to have negotiations with the officials of the Islamic Emirate and see the formation of an inclusive government…
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press, Feb 27, 2023The Afghanistan embassy in Tehran was “formally” handed over to the Taliban on Sunday afternoon, according to an Afghan diplomat in Iran. The outgoing ambassador of Afghanistan gave over all documents and equipment of the Afghanistan embassy in Tehran to the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to a source, the Taliban-led government has appointed Fazl Mohammad Haqqani, the first secretary of the former ambassador of Afghanistan…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi in Khaama Press online, Feb 21, 2023The Iranian Foreign Ministry plans to hand over the Afghan Embassy in Tehran to the Afghan interim government after months of negotiations, according to unofficial sources. Iran will officially hand over the embassy to the Taliban in the coming days according to an Afghan diplomat who has been in contact with the officials of the Iranian foreign ministry. A serious decision has been made in this…
By Fatema Adeeb in Tolo News, Feb 21, 2023 at 8:55 PMFollowing reports that the Afghan embassy’s leadership had changed in Tehran, the Iranian Foreign Ministry confirmed the change of diplomats, but said that this does not mean a change in the embassy’s legal status in Iran. The spokesperson for the Iranian foreign ministry, Nasser Kanani, said during a press conference that Tehran’s interactions with the current Afghan government has not changed. “The end of…