Iranian officials have acknowledged that its forces opened firing on a vehicle in which some Afghans were onboard leaving three people killed and some injured. Three Afghans were killed and eight others injured when their vehicle burned in the…
Three Afghan nationals were killed after Iranian security forces opened fire at their vehicle in Yazd province on Friday, reports said. However, the Afghan Embassy in Tehran quoted Iranian sources said the deaths resulted from a car accident…
KABUL to the Afghan authorities, an official said Tuesday. Tariq Aryan, spokesman for the Ministry of Interior, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the five individuals had allegedly murdered four men in Herat, Kapisa and Logar provinces before fleeing to neighboring…
While welcoming an end to the political impasse in Kabul, Iran has reiterated its continued support for harmony and unity among all Afghan groups. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif renewed Iran’s support in separate phone conversations with President…
Iran’s Foreign Ministry has rejected reports accusing Iranian security forces of throwing Afghan migrants into a river and claimed no such incident had happened on that particular day. According to reports, Iranian border security forces allegedly tortured and…
KABUL representatives on intra-Afghan negotiations, says a media report. During a phone call on Wednesday, Iran’s special envoy Mohammad Ebrahim Taherian and Doha-based Taliban leaders also conferred on efforts to contain the coronavirus spread in Afghanistan. A day earlier, public…
Kabul says it is looking into allegations that dozens of Afghan migrants were thrown into a river by Iranian border guards. Around 50 Afghans being smuggled into neighbouring Iran were arrested by Iranian guards and thrown into a…
KABUL, says the foreign ministry in Tehran. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif exchanged views during their phone conversation on the political situation in Afghanistan. The ministers also conferred on effort for reconciliation and political…
Iran and Qatar have voiced their support for efforts to form a broad-based and inclusive government in Kabul. Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and his Qatari counterpart Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani conferred on the latest developments in…
The Iranian embassy in Kabul on Wednesday announced resuming consular services that were suspended two months ago due to the coronavirus pandemic. The embassy said it restarted issuing visas on April 20. Visas are being issued for nationals…
At least 16 Afghan refugees have died as a result of the coronavirus pandemic in neighbouring Iran, says the government. About 1,600 people have so far been killed and thousands of others infected with the virus in…
Officials say government employees are being tested for prevention of coronavirus spread and that Iran is ready to test Afghan refugees returning from the neighboring country. A total of 21 positive coronavirus cases have so far detected in…
KABUL, Iran says. A broadly-based government in Kabul should include all Afghan elites and political figures and groups, a spokesman for the Iranian foreign ministry said. Abbas Mousavi, addressing a regular press conference in Tehran on Wednesday, renewed Iran’s resolve…
Iran has urged closer cooperation between Islamabad and Tehran to resolve regional issues including the conflict in Afghanistan. Apart from cooperation on bringing peace to Afghanistan, an Iranian diplomat said the two nations work together to build a…
KABUL will gather pace if the United States leaves the country, believes an Iranian official. Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior advisor to Islamic Revolution Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, expressed the view during a meeting with a top UN diplomat…
Seven Afghan nationals who were killed in a Ukrainian plane crash in Iran have been identified, the Afghan Embassy in Tehran said on Tuesday. The Ukrainian airliner burst into flames shortly after take-off from Tehran last week, killing…
KABUL Embassy in Tehran. Iran has acknowledged its military “unintentionally” shot down the Ukrainian plane, killing all 176 on board including 10 Afghans. The Ukrainian airliner burst into flames shortly after take-off from Tehran on Wednesday. An initial report blamed…
British Ambassador to Iran Rob Macaire was arrested during protests outside a university in Tehran, the UK Foreign office says. Iranian media said late on Saturday the British diplomat was detained for more than an hour before being…
Iran has acknowledged that its military “unintentionally” shot down a Ukrainian plane, killing all 176 on board. The Ukrainian airliner burst into flames shortly after take-off from Tehran on Wednesday, killing all 176 people aboard. An initial report…
The trump administration on Friday announced slapping fresh sanctions against eight senior Iranian officials for working to destabilise the region. At a White House media briefing, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the US had also imposed curbs on…
KABUL. Addressing a press conference at the State Department, Pompeo blasted Tehran for refusing to attend regional and global consensus for peace in the war-ravaged country. Tehran "is, in fact, today actively working to undermine the peace process by continuing…
Iran has fired more than a dozen rockets at two Iraqi military bases hosting American troops, the US State Department alleges. The rockets were fired at the Ain Al-Asad base in Anbar province and another one in Erbil…
America’s aggressive policies have pushed the region into endless wars, extremism and violence, the Iranian foreign minister alleged on Tuesday. Javad Zarif stated, in his inaugural address to the Tehran Dialogue Forum, said resort to war had become…
The US has identified 52 targets that it would hit if Iran launched revenge attacks on American interests, President Donald Trump has warned. Both sides have spoken of Iran escalatory action after the killing of top Iranian military commander…
