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A senior Iranian official says the United States should not pull out of Afghanistan irresponsibly; rather, it should restore the destroyed infrastructure before leaving.

Iran’s energy minister says the country can play a pivotal role in cementing cooperation among member states of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held separate meetings with the new ambassadors of Slovakia, Thailand, and Japan in Tehran.

Iran and Afghanistan have held the fifth round of negotiations on the drawing up of a comprehensive document for strategic cooperation between the two sides.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi discussed a broad range of issues at a meeting in Islamabad.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Chief of the Army Staff of Pakistan General Qamar Javed Bajwa weighed plans for the promotion of military cooperation between the two neighbours.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has travelled to Islamabad at the head of a political-economic delegation upon the invitation of his Pakistani counterpart.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has, in a statement, welcomed the recent agreement reached between the Azerbaijan Republic, Armenia and Russia to end the Karabakh conflict.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is to deliver a speech at the 20th meeting of member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to be held via video conferencing on November 10, 2020.

Mohammad Ebrahim Taherian, the Iranian Foreign Minister's special envoy for Afghanistan, had a phone conversation with his Uzbek counterpart Ismatulla Irgashev on Monday.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyyed Abbas Araqchi and UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Afghanistan Deborah Lyons have discussed the latest developments in Afghanistan in a meeting in Tehran.

Mohammad Ebrahim Taherian, the Iranian Foreign Minister's Special Envoy for Afghanistan, has held a meeting with Deborah Lyons, the special representative of the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).

A number of Iranian knowledge-based companies have presented their latest advances at a pavilion at China International Import Expo (CIIE) 2020.

Iran's Minister of Science, Research and Technology Mansour Gholami has expressed condolences to Afghanistan’s Acting Minister of Higher Education Abbas Basir on the recent deadly terrorist attack on Kabul University.

The Islamic Republic of Iran, the Russian Federation, and the Republic of India held a trilateral meeting in Moscow to discuss the issue of Afghanistan.

China’s ambassador to Tehran says his country will remain committed to its international obligations when it comes to the export of military equipment.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has condemned a deadly terrorist attack on a school in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, which killed and injured a number of citizens, including children.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has strongly condemned the “heinous” bomb attacks in the Afghan capital of Kabul, which killed more than 20 civilians.

Iran and Kazakhstan have agreed to ease their visa requirements following a meeting of the two sides’ foreign ministry officials.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has expressed condolences with the Vietnamese government and people following the recent flooding and landslide in that country, which left dozens dead or missing and left behind massive material damage.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has unveiled plans for the opening of a long-awaited railway linking Iran’s Khaf to Afghanistan’s Herat, saying the new route would promote trade cooperation between the two neighbours.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif has expressed Tehran’s support for the participation of Taliban in Afghanistan’s political structure.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has denounced the terrorist attacks carried out against Pakistani military forces in the past two days in the country’s Ormara and North Waziristan districts.

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif had a phone conversation with his Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi on Tuesday, October 13, 2020.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif has expressed satisfaction with the “fruitful” negotiations held with his Chinese counterpart on a range of bilateral and international issues.