Friday, March 29, 2024

Iran-Afghanistan Relations

IRNA: Satellite images refute Taliban’s water shortage claims in dispute with Iran

Newly-released satellite images show a considerable amount of water at the two controversial dams built by Afghanistan on the Helmand River shared with Iran, contrary to the Taliban’s claims of water shortages there.

Iran-Taliban talks end; Taliban calls for good ties with Tehran

The Taliban defense ministry says Iran and Afghanistan concluded the talks between their military delegations with an emphasis on the international and border obligations of both sides in line with the interests of the two countries.

Iranian paper says supporters of interaction with Taliban should be held accountable over water row with group

Iran’s Jomhouri Eslami newspaper, in an article, has slammed proponents of interaction with the Taliban in Afghanistan as a water dispute with the group escalates.

Iranian military official in Kabul amid dispute over water rights

A senior Iranian military official has travelled to the Afghan capital, Kabul, for talks with caretaker Taliban authorities, amid tensions between the two sides over Tehran’s water rights from the Helmand River.

Taliban given 1-month ultimatum to allow Iran access to Helmand water share

The Iranian president’s special envoy for Afghanistan says the interim Taliban rulers have one month to provide Iran access to its share of water from the Helmand River, and that they will be responsible for the consequences if they fail to do so.

Leniency with Taliban does not work, Tehran should prove President Raisi warning serious: Iranian daily

Even the Iranian apologists of the Taliban now know that putting up with the group doesn’t work, an Iranian daily says, amid the former group’s refusal to release Iran’s water shares from Helmand River into Iranian territory.

Top Iran official warns Taliban not to ‘misunderstand Tehran’s good-neighborliness policy’

An Iranian vice president says Tehran will pursue its rights from the Helmand River under a “special” agenda in the wake of President Ebrahim Raisi’s warning to the interim Taliban rulers in Afghanistan.

Iran rejects Taliban claims over Helmand Water Rights

The Iranian Foreign Ministry has strongly rejected a claim by the Afghan ruling Taliban government over the group’s failure to provide Iran access to its water share from Helmand River.

Iran says will use pressure against Taliban over Helmand if necessary

Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian says Iran will use “pressure as a tool,” if necessary, to make the interim Taliban rulers in Afghanistan to allow the Islamic Republic access to its share of water from the Helmand River.

Raisi warns Afghan rulers not to withhold Iran’s share of Helmand River water

President Ebrahim Raisi delivers a warning to the caretaker Taliban government in Afghanistan against ridding the people of Iran’s border province of Sistan and Baluchestan of their rights to get access to their share of water from the Helmand River.

Iranian foreign minister stresses Helmand water rights in conversation with Afghan counterpart

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has emphasized that Iran’s water rights from Helmand River are a serious matter and would affect ties with the Taliban government.

Video shows opium thrown into Iranian side of border from Afghanistan 

A video has ricocheted around social media that purportedly shows a number of people throwing packages of opium and other narcotics into the Iranian side of the border from Afghanistan.

Official: Iran universities hosting 40k Afghan students, ready to admit female ones

The Iranian deputy minister of science, research and technology says the country is hosting around 40,000 university students, and that three Iranian universities are ready to give admissions to female Afghans, who are denied of the right to higher education at home.

Iran news outlet: Why was Taliban’s unofficial envoy invited to Raisi’s Iftar banquet?

An Iranian news outlet has criticized the Raisi administration for inviting the Taliban representative to an Iftar banquet hosted by the President, while Tehran does not still recognize the interim Afghan government and that Kabul has no ambassador or diplomat officially posted to the Islamic Republic.

Ex-envoy to Kabul: Taliban dried up Iran’s Hamoun wetlands by diverting water flow

Iran’s ex-ambassador to Afghanistan says the interim Taliban rulers are behind the drying up of the Hamoun wetlands in eastern Iran by cutting the flow of Hirmand River waters into the Iranian side of the border and diverting the waters through a dam to their opium fields.

Iranian official rejects Taliban claim about drug cultivation ban in Afghanistan 

The director general of Iran’s drug control headquarters dismisses the Taliban’s claim that drug cultivation has been banned in Afghanistan.

Taliban delegates in Iran for talks on situation of Afghan migrants

A delegation with Afghanistan’s caretaker Taliban government has visited Iran for talks with relevant officials on the situation of Afghan migrants and refugees in the country.

Envoy stresses Iran’s commitment to work with neighbors to assist Afghans

Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Amir Saeid Iravani says Tehran is committed to cooperate with neighboring states of Afghanistan and other partners to support the Afghan people.

Iranian forces, Taliban clash again on Iran-Afghanistan border

Taliban forces and Iranian border guards have reportedly engaged in a firefight along the Milak border north of Iran’s Sistan and Balouchestan Province.

Iran: Extra-regional meddling in Afghanistan fuels insecurity in broader region

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani warns against attempts by the US to fuel insecurity in Afghanistan, saying the meddling of extra-regional parties in Afghanistan will spread insecurity to the entire region.

Taliban say they are committed to Iran’s water right

Acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan's Taliban Amir Khan Muttaqi emphasized that the rulers are committed to respecting Iran's water rights from the Helmand River.

UNHCR official: Iran providing Afghan refugees with all facilities

An official with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) praises Iran for warmly hosting Afghan refugees in the country and providing them, particularly their children, with all facilities, including education.

Iranian universities ready to admit Afghan students after Taliban ban

Three gender-specific universities in Iran have expressed readiness to enroll hundreds of Afghan women after the Taliban barred female students from attending private and public universities in Afghanistan.

Iran pursuing border diplomacy with Pakistan, Afghanistan: Interior minister

The Iranian interior minister highlights the strategic significance of the country’s southeastern frontiers, saying the Tehran administration is pursuing an agenda to promote border diplomacy with neighboring Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Iranian Foreign Ministry says Afghan girls allowed to study in Iran 

An aide to Iran’s foreign minister says Afghan girls can study at Iranian universities through distant learning system and using the existing infrastructure in Iran.

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