Iran-Afghanistan Relations

President Pezeshkian says Iran keen to cooperate with Afghanistan to settle disputes

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has told Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister that Tehran is ready to collaborate with Kabul in an 'environment of understanding' in order to resolve the existing issues between the two countries.

Taliban FM promises cooperation with Iran in Helmand river, water dispute

Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, has said that providing water to Iran’s drought-stricken population is a “religious duty” and stressed that Kabul bears no ill will toward its neighbor.

Iranian daily warns officials: Taliban acting as US proxy

Iran’s Jomhouri-e Eslami daily has issued a stern warning to the country's officials, accusing the Taliban in neighboring Afghanistan of serving as a proxy for the United States and criticizing what it calls a “dangerous diplomatic oversight.”

Report: Afghan student beaten at Kabul’s Embassy in Tehran, fears for safety

A PhD student at the University of Tehran was reportedly severely beaten by staff at the Afghan Embassy, where he had referred to renew his passport, leaving him hospitalized and fearing for his life.

Iran-Afghanistan trade via Dogharoun border exceeds $3 billion annually

Iran’s Consul General in Herat, Alireza Marhamati, announced that annual economic exchanges between Iran and Afghanistan through the Dogharoun border have surpassed $3 billion.

Daily: Afghanistan’s Taliban withholds Helmand river water share, Iran faces dual crisis of water shortage, illegal migration

The Jomhuri-e Eslami newspaper has criticized the Taliban's refusal to release Iran's rightful share of water from the Helmand River, exacerbating Iran's water crisis while the country grapples with a surge in illegal migration from Afghanistan.

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.

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