Iran-Afghanistan Relations

Satellite images show Taliban’s diversion of Helmand river away from Iran

Satellite images confirm that the Taliban has once again diverted the flow of the Helmand River towards the Godzareh depression instead of allowing water to reach Iran as previously agreed.

Iranian paper bashes Taliban for ‘unfulfilled promises, ongoing threats’

An Iranian newspaper has repeated its salvo of criticism against the Taliban for what it called failing to honor its commitments to Iran despite receiving significant concessions over the past three and a half years.

First Indian rail transit shipment arrives in Afghanistan via Iranian territory 

The first rail transit shipment from India has entered Afghanistan through the Shamtigh rail border in Iran’s Khorasan Razavi Province.

Iranian envoy in Kabul: Water rights issue between Afghanistan, Iran resolved

Alireza Bigdeli, the caretaker of Iran’s embassy in Kabul, announced that the long-standing water rights dispute between Iran and Afghanistan has been resolved through recent negotiations.

Deputy Interior Minister: Illegal Afghan migrants most important security issue for Iran-Afghanistan

The Iranian Deputy Interior Minister for Security and Law Enforcement says the most significant security issue between Iran and Afghanistan is illegal Afghan migrants and their movement within Iran, putting legal and illegal Afghan migrants in Iran at 4.5 and 2 million respectively.

Veteran journalist criticizes Iranian FM’s visit to Kabul

A prominent Tehran-based journalist has criticized the Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi's visit to Kabul on Sunday, stating that it yielded no significant results and only granted concessions to the self-proclaimed Taliban government without any reciprocation.

Iranian newspaper questions FM Araghchi’s visit to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan

Jomhouri-e Eslami newspaper has criticized Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi's recent visit to Afghanistan which the daily says is ruled by a “violent and backward group,” despite warnings from experts.

Afghan acting PM urges increased security cooperation with Iran

The acting Afghan Prime Minister highlighted the necessity of increased cooperation between Afghanistan and Iran to enhance border security and prevent terrorists from carrying out mischievous activities.

Iranian, Afghan foreign ministers discuss bilateral relations

Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi met with the Taliban administration’s acting foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, at the Afghan Foreign Ministry in Kabul on Sunday during his one-day visit to Afghanistan.

Iranian foreign minister to visit Afghanistan ‘soon’

The Iranian Embassy in Kabul announced on Thursday that Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi will soon visit Afghanistan without providing further details.

Iranian daily: No concessions to Taliban; time to reclaim embassy, expel illegal immigrants

The Iranian public's “logical and legal” demand, which has now become a widespread call, is for Iran to revoke the concessions granted to the self-proclaimed Taliban administration in neighboring Afghanistan, a Tehran-based newspaper argues.

Official: Afghan nationals make up majority of 8,000 foreign prisoners in Iran, ready for repatriation

Migrants from neighboring Afghanistan form the majority of some 8,000 foreign nationals incarcerated in Iran, the Deputy Minister of Human Rights and International Affairs at Iran’s Ministry of Justice announced on Tuesday, adding the first phase of transferring the convicts to their home country has initiated.

Senior Iran judicial official: Afghan prisoners to be extradited to own country

The Deputy Minister for International Affairs and Human Rights of Iran's Justice Ministry announced that within the next two months, a thousand Afghan prisoners will be returned to their country from Iran.

Iranian daily slams invitation of Taliban ‘water war theorist’ to Tehran as ‘own goal’

A newspaper in Iran has criticized the invitation of Farooq Azam, an advisor to Taliban’s Ministry of Water and Energy for a conference in Tehran as a ‘diplomatic blunder,’ saying he is the main figure behind the current water rights spat between Iran and the caretaker administration in neighboring Afghanistan.

Tehran denies ports of Afghans killed while sneaking into Iran 

Iran’s ambassador to Kabul has denied reports that dozens of Afghan nationals have been shot and killed by Iranian border guards while trying to sneak into the Iranian territory illegally.

Iranian daily urges Pres. Pezeshkian to counter Taliban influence in Iran

A Tehran-based newspaper has called on Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian to take decisive action against what it called elements within Iran that support the Taliban’s influence in the country.

Police chief: Iran to deport 2 million illegal immigrants by mid-March

The chief commander of Iran’s Law Enforcement Force announced a significant crackdown on illegal immigration from the eastern neighbor, Afghanistan.

Cmdr.: Army constructing Iran-Afghan border wall at full speed

The Iranian Army has constructed 10 kilometers of the wall that is supposed to serve as a barrier between Iran and Afghanistan, a senior commander announced on Monday.

Iranian daily: Tehran should retract all privileges given to Taliban

The Iranian government should withdraw all of the privileges it has so far granted to the Taliban, a Tehran-based newspaper believes, arguing the ruling regime in neighboring Afghanistan is ‘terrorist’ in nature and deems it obligatory to kill Shia Muslims.

Iranian daily renews warning on new Afghan migrants ‘trained by Taliban’

An Iranian newspaper has issued a new warning on the torrent of Afghan migrants in Iran, saying some of them have received military training under the Taliban rulers in the neighboring country and are rep.eat offenders in Iran.

Iran gives illegal migrants ultimatum to leave country

A senior Iranian military commander has notified that illegal immigrants in Iran, mostly from neighboring Afghanistan, have until the end of the current year on the Persian calendar, March 20, to leave the country.

Huge fire shuts economic zone in northeast Iran

A huge blaze has caused damage to the fuel tanks in the Dowqarun special economic zone in Iran’s northwest region of Taybad near the border with Afghanistan.

Taliban accept Iran’s reservations for acting consul in Mashhad

Sources have reported that the interim Afghan government has finally accepted the Islamic Republic of Iran's request to follow the Vienna Convention's procedures for introducing, approving, and accepting diplomats. Consequently, the "acting" consul appointed by the Taliban for the Afghan consulate in Mashhad, northeastern Iran, has been accepted by Iran.

Iranian daily: Taliban on ethnic cleansing rampage of Shias, Iran silent

An Iranian newspaper has slammed officials in Iran for turning a blind eye to what it calls an ‘ethnic cleansing and killing spree of Shia Muslims’ in neighboring Afghanistan under the Taliban rulers.

Official: Afghan authorities bully Iranian truck drivers  

The deputy head of Iran’s Association of Truckers Trade Unions says Afghanistan has limited the traffic of the Iranian trucks by bullying and imposing very strict rules for the movement of Iranian trucks in the country.

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