Afghanistan
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
'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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
Iran reacts to stripping Afghan students from education
PoliticsRasoul Mousavi, an aide to Iranian Foreign Minister, said on Saturday that in a meeting with caretaker Afghan ambassador to Tehran, he has announced Iran’s stance to a suspension of university education for all female students in Afghanistan.
-
Iran condemns mosque blast in Herat
PoliticsIran has strongly condemned a terrorist attack at a mosque in Afghanistan’s Herat that claimed the lives of 18 civilians.
-
Iran embassy condemns recent blasts in Afghanistan
PoliticsThe Iranian embassy in Kabul has categorically censured terrorist attacks in recent days, urging the caretaker government in Afghanistan to prevent such incidents.
-
Iran pushing to secure water share rights to Helmand
PoliticsIran has doubled diplomatic efforts to push the Taliban government to implement its commitments regarding sharing water rights to Helmand River, aka, Hirmand.
-
Afghanistan receives Iran's 4th humanitarian aid
PoliticsAfghanistan has received the fourth consignment of humanitarian aid from the Islamic Republic of Iran.
-
Iran calls on US to free Afghanistan’s blocked money
PoliticsIran’s Ambassador to the United Nations called for the release of Afghan assets confiscated or blocked by the United States, as Afghanistan is struggling with the aftermath of an earthquake that killed at least 1500 people.
-
Release of Afghanistan assets should not be politicized: Iran envoy
Politics Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Majid Takht Ravanchi underlined that Afghanistan’s assets seized in the United States belong to the Afghan people and their release must not be politicized.
-
Afghanistan ready to set up joint chamber of commerce with Iran
EconomyOfficials of Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment have declared their country’s readiness to open an Iran-Afghanistan joint chamber of commerce.
-
Amir-Abdollahian, Karzai discuss Afghanistan over phone
PoliticsIran’s Foreign Minister expressed hope that with the acceleration of the process of forming an inclusive government, the ways will be paved for Afghanistan to expand its cooperation with its neighbors.
-
Intelligence Min. issues statement on rumors about Afghans
PoliticsThe Iranian Intelligence Ministry says that common enemies of the nations of Iran and Afghanistan are making efforts desperately and constantly to create differences between the neighboring countries of the West Asian region.
-
Afghanistan arrests 15 seditionists in front of Iran embassy in Kabul: Local media
PoliticsForces of the Afghan ruling government have arrested 15 people gathering in front of the Iranian embassy in Kabul, according to Afghan media.
-
Enemy seeking to create discord between Iran, Afghan nations: Iran
PoliticsHassan Kazemi Qomi, a special representative of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Afghanistan, said on Tuesday that the enemy is seeking to sow the seeds of discord among the people of Iran and Afghanistan.
-
Governor of Mashhad: The assailant of three clerics in Mashhad has been influenced by Takfiri thoughts
PoliticsThe governor of Mashhad announced on Monday afternoon that the person who stabbed three active clerics in the holy shrine of Razavi in the city of Mashhad had takfiri thoughts.
-
Iran condemns terrorist attack in Afghanistan
PoliticsIranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh on Sunday condemned a deadly terrorist attack against the civilians in Herat, Afghanistan.
-
"Medea in Kandahar" will be staged by Asghar Khalili
PoliticsWriter and theater director Asghar Khalili has brought the tragic character “Medea” from ancient Greece to Afghanistan today and will stage a play based on it.
-
Pres Raisi: Iran hosts 4 million Afghans despite Europe claim over help
PoliticsPresident Ebrahim Raisi has said that over four million Afghan people are Iran’s guests despite the claim made by the Europe over offering help for them.
