Afghanistan
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Iran dispatches humanitarian aid to Afghan quake-hit areas
PoliticsThe Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has dispatched humanitarian aid to the people of Afghanistan as the neighboring country continues to struggle with the Saturday devastating earthquake.
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US still doing mischievous acts in Afghanistan: Iran envoy
PoliticsThe United States has continued its mischievous acts in Afghanistan and seeks to create concerns for Afghanistan’s neighbors, says Iran’s special envoy for Afghanistan.
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Amirabdollahian stresses need to help Afghan refugees in Iran
PoliticsIranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian underlined the need for international organizations to help the Afghan refugees residing in Iran.
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Iran experts inspect Afghanistan hydrometric station for first time
PoliticsAn Iranian technical delegation has visited the Deh Rawood hydrometric station of the Kajaki Dam on the Helmand River for the first time since the signing of the Helmand River Treaty of 1973, according to an Iranian official.
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Iran condemns terrorist attack on mosque in east Afghanistan
PoliticsIran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has elaborated that blind terrorist attacks targeting innocent civilians especially people attending religious places of gathering have nothing to do with the teachings of the holy religion of Islam.
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Iran MP calls for ‘decisive action’ to deadly attack by Taliban forces
PoliticsAn Iranian lawmaker has called for a “decisive action” following an unprovoked attack by armed Taliban forces on a border outpost in southeastern Iran.
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Iran envoy, Taliban FM discuss ties, water right issues
PoliticsIranian Ambassador to Kabul Hassan Kazemi Qomi in a meeting with Taliban Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi discussed Iran's water rights from the Helmand River and the relations between Iran and Afghanistan.
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'Iran not recognize incumbent ruling body in Afghanistan'
PoliticsIranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian says Iran does not recognize the incumbent ruling body in Afghanistan, urging the Taliban to form an inclusive government.
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Iran rejects Afghan statement on Helmand water right
PoliticsThe Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected the contradictory and incorrect statement issued by Afghanistan's governing body regarding Helmand water right saying that the Iran-Afghanistan treaty clearly and without any ambiguity has determined Iran’s water right.
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Afghanistan refused Iranian expert visits to Helmand dams: FM
PoliticsIranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has said that Afghanistan has refused to allow visits by Iranian experts to dams built on Helmand River.
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FM calls for Afghanistan cooperation in Iran's water right
PoliticsIranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian referred to Iran's water rights to the Hirmand River, and said that according to the treaty, this is Iran's natural right, and if necessary, pressure tools will be used to force the ruling Taliban group in Afghanistan that does not cooperate with the granting of Iran's water rights.
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Iran, Afghanistan water dispute to be settled this year
PoliticsAn Iranian diplomat says government departments are pursuing the country’s water rights from the Helmand River in Afghanistan, expressing hope that the long-running dispute between the two neighbors will be settled this year.
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Afghan students in Iran receive same education as Iranian peers: UNHCR
Politics An official from office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Iran says that all Afghan refugee students in the country have access to same educational facilities as their Iranian peers.
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US wars in Iraq, Afghanistan were meant to harm Iran: Supreme Leader
PoliticsSupreme leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has said that wars launched by the United Sates in Iraq and Afghanistan over the past decades were meant to harm Iran.