Iran-Pakistan Relations

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.

Major General Mohammad Baqeri, the chief of staff of Iran’s Armed Forces, has congratulated General Asim Munir on his appointment as Pakistan’s chief of Army Staff.

The Iranian foreign minister has called for joint cooperation with Pakistan to deal with the Afghanistan affairs specially the Afghan refugees plight.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi hold separate meetings with leaders of the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, who are gathering in the Uzbek city of Samarkand for an annual summit.

In a phone talk with Pakistan's Prime Minister, Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi announced Tehran’s readiness to provide the flood-hit country with relief aid.

Iran and Pakistan are expected to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) within the next six months, a senior Pakistani government official has said.

Iran’s minister of roads and urban development says the Islamic Republic and Pakistan are set to remove obstacles to expand their bilateral trade ties.

The head of Iran’s Airports Company has dismissed as “wrong” and “strange” Pakistan’s claim that two of its passenger planes had a high altitude near-miss in Iranian airspace due to “human error” by Iran’s air traffic controllers.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi calls for the further expansion of relations with Pakistan, especially in the economic field, saying the Islamic Republic sees no limits to broader cooperation with its eastern neighbor.

Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has hailed Iran’s resistance against problems and its push to advance its economic objectives, saying Pakistan should learn from Iran how to counter the sanctions.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has told Pakistani Foreign Minister that strengthening relations between Iran and Pakistan will boost regional economy and security.

In a phone conversation with his Pakistani counterpart Balawal Bhutto Zardari, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian congratulated him on his appointment as the new top diplomat of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and wished him success.

Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has thanked Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi for his message of congratulation on his election as the Pakistani premier, and has invited Raisi to visit Islamabad.

The head of Pakistan’s Southern Command, Lieutenant General Sarfraz Ali, has said there is absolutely no communication gap between the armed forces of Iran and Pakistan, particularly between the border guards.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, in a message, has congratulated election of Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif as Pakistan’s new Prime Minister.

Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has outlined his administration’s plans in regard to ties with neighbors and regional countries, voicing support for the expansion of relations with Iran and calling for sending aid to Afghanistan.

The foreign ministers of Iran and Pakistan have described as frustrating the deprivation of Afghan girls from education.

Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi has in a message offered condolences to his Pakistani counterpart and families of the victims over the death of a number of people in Friday’s terrorist attack at a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the deadly bomb blast in a Shia mosque in the Pakistani city of Peshawar.

Iranian Air Force Commander Brigadier General Hamid Vahedi has held talks with his Pakistani counterpart Air Marshal Zaheer Ahmad Babar in Islamabad.

Pakistan’s economic authorities have approved a legal mechanism designed to facilitate barter trade with Iran in new step in the direction of expanding commercial ties between the two neighbors.

Iran’s Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi has said improving conditions in Mirjaveh border market of Sistan and Baluchestan on the border with Pakistan, must be on the agenda of provincial officials.

Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi has held talks with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan over bilateral ties and issues of mutual interest.

Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi is visiting Pakistan at the invitation of his Pakistani counterpart.

Iran’s Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi says necessary capacities exist to strengthen cooperation, especially economic exchanges between Iran and Pakistan.