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2023-01-24 22:39
ECO should promote intra-regional trade between members: FM
'EU emotional behavior will be costly for Europe'
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian attended on Tuesday the ministerial meeting of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) in Uzbekistan's capital and delivered a speech in which he criticized the European Union for its emotional behaviors.
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2023-01-23 23:20
Iran envoy meets Taliban FM
TEHRAN – The new Iranian ambassador to Afghanistan, Hassan Kazemi Qomi, has met with Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in Kabul.
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2023-01-21 22:47
Iran’s new ambassador to Kabul officially starts his mission
TEHRAN- The president of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s special envoy for Afghanistan formally began his work as Tehran's new ambassador in Kabul on Saturday.
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2023-01-17 17:39
By Mehdi Garshasbi
Taking center stage against narcotics
TEHRAN - The fight against narcotics is very expensive due to the complexity of the mafia level of this business, a cost that the Islamic Republic of Iran has been paying alone for years despite the support claims of the international community.
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2023-01-03 22:43
Afghanistan appoints new embassy caretaker in Tehran
TEHRAN – Afghanistan has appointed a new caretaker for its embassy in Tehran after the tenure of the current caretaker came to an end, Fars News reported.
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2023-01-03 19:22
Mashhad medical tourism revenue hits $6.25 million in 9 month, official says
TEHRAN – Mashhad’s medical tourism revenues were 2.5 trillion rials ($6.25 million) in the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (started on March 21, 2022), a local official in charge of medical tourism said on Tuesday.
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2022-12-30 22:53
U.S. invaded Afghanistan in attempt to restrict regional neighbors: Envoy
TEHRAN- Despite claiming to be fighting terrorism, an Iranian diplomat asserted that Washington's primary motivation for invading Afghanistan was to restrain the neighbors of the Asian nation.
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2022-12-24 22:21
Iran ready to provide education facilities for Afghan women
TEHRAN - In a meeting with the interim Afghan ambassador to Tehran on Saturday, an adviser to the Iranian foreign minister declared the Islamic Republic’s stance over the suspension of university education for all female students in Afghanistan.
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2022-12-23 22:04
Iran stresses Afghan women’s right to education
TEHRAN – Iran has expressed regret over the Taliban's move to suspend education for girls at Afghan universities, underlining the need for ensuring Afghan women and girls have access to education.
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2022-12-21 22:49
Iranian diplomat calls for unconditional release of Afghan frozen assets
TEHRAN- The elimination of restrictions and "unconditional" release of billions of dollars in frozen cash from the Afghan central bank have been demanded by Iran's ambassador to the UN in order to help the war-torn nation cope with its escalating economic and humanitarian crises.
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2022-12-19 11:04
Iran appoints new ambassadors to Syria, Afghanistan
TEHRAN – Iran has reportedly appointed new envoys for Syria and Afghanistan. The newly appointed ambassadors are expected to discharge their duties in the coming weeks.
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2022-12-17 23:11
Iran appoints new ambassador to Afghanistan
TEHRAN – Iran has appointed a new ambassador to neighboring Afghanistan after the current envoy’s tenure came to an end.
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2022-12-03 22:28
Iran spares no opportunity to accommodate Afghan migrants: envoy
TEHRAN- An Iranian diplomat has reminded the international community that Iran is still offering assistance to Afghan refugees despite being subject to harshest sanctions.
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2022-12-02 21:17
Silk weaving traditions gain UNESCO status
TEHRAN – Sericulture and traditional production of silk for weaving has gained UNESCO status jointly for Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
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2022-11-16 22:26
Iran to hold ministerial meeting on Afghanistan
TEHRAN – Iran’s presidential envoy for Afghanistan has said that Tehran is planning to hold a big international meeting on Afghanistan at the level of foreign ministers.
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2022-11-11 21:22
Iranian envoy faults military intervention for situation in Afghanistan
TEHRAN- Iran's ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations has underscored that the status quo in Afghanistan is the outcome of foreign military intervention in the country with the ostensible goals of battling terrorism and establishing democracy to the war-ravaged nation.
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2022-11-06 12:05
Tehran’s foreign policy decisions are based on wisdom, deputy FM says
TEHRAN – Iran’s deputy foreign minister for political affairs said on Saturday that Iran’s policies are based on “wisdom”.
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2022-10-19 19:25
Iran, Pakistan hold talks on Afghanistan
TEHRAN- Iranian Foreign Minister Amir Abdollahian met on Tuesday with Pakistan's Special Representative for Afghanistan, Mohammad Sadiq Khan, to discuss the current situation in Afghanistan and the recent developments.
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2022-10-19 09:07
U.S. social media warfare
TEHRAN- Recently the United States was caught red-handed, once again, over another of its fake social media campaigns aimed at spreading disinformation through different social platforms intended to trigger unrest, sedition, violence and ultimately regime change in other countries.
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2022-10-14 20:00
Afghan Airlines resumes flights to Iran after one-year halt
TEHRAN –Afghanistan’s flag carrier Ariana Afghan Airlines resumed its flights to Tehran on Wednesday following a year of suspension, ISNA reported on Friday.
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2022-10-01 20:11
By Saeed Azimi
Taliban must step up, take responsibility for its citizens’ lives
TEHRAN — A suicide blast at an education institute in Kabul on Friday morning killed 32 people and wounded 40, police said. Most of the casualties were said to be young women.
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2022-09-28 21:33
Situation in Afghanistan challenging after Taliban takeover: Iran
TEHRAN – Iran has said that the situation in Afghanistan remains challenging a year after the Taliban overthrew the U.S.-backed government in Kabul.
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2022-09-13 22:43
Inclusive govt. vital to win back peace for Afghanistan: Iran FM
TEHRAN- Establishing an inclusive government in Afghanistan has been emphasized as one of the main requirements to restore peace and stability throughout the country, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has said.
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2022-09-06 21:48
Iran denounces Kabul blast that kills two Russian diplomats
TEHRAN— Nasser Kanaani, spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry, has harshly denounced the terrorist attack outside Russia's embassy in Kabul, which murdered two Russian diplomats and a number of Afghans.
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2022-09-05 19:39
‘90% of world's opium coming from Afghanistan is a very serious threat’
TEHRAN - Eskandar Momeni, the director of anti-narcotics police headquarters, has said it is a very serious threat that around 90 percent of the world's opium comes from Afghanistan.
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2022-09-03 21:54
Iran denounces Herat mosque blast, promises to aid Afghanistan in battle on terrorism
TEHRAN- Iran has vehemently denounced a terrorist assault at a mosque in Herat, Afghanistan, which left 18 people dead. Tehran has pledged its support for Afghans in their struggle against terrorism.
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2022-09-03 20:00
‘Hidden hands’ seem to block water from Helmand to Hamoun
TEHRAN – The chief of the Department of Environment has said it seems that hidden hands are in place to prevent the flow of water from the Helmand River in Afghanistan toward the Hamoun Wetland in Iran.
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2022-08-20 14:22
Bombing at evening prayers in Kabul kills 21
A bombing at a mosque in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul during evening prayers on Wednesday killed at least 21 people, including a prominent cleric, and wounded at least 33, police said. Several children were reported to be among the wounded.
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2022-08-15 21:33
U.S. pushed Afghanistan into destruction during 20 years: Iran’s special envoy
TEHRAN- The Iranian president’s special envoy on Afghanistan affairs, Hassan Kazemi Qomi, has underlined that Americans occupied Afghanistan for 20 years and drove it toward oblivion by destroying all its infrastructure.
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2022-08-15 21:20
The woes America left behind in Afghanistan
TEHRAN – Last year this month, Army Major General Christopher T. Donahue went down in history as the last American soldier to depart Afghanistan. He boarded a C-17 at Kabul Airport under cover of night in what has been widely seen as another Saigon moment.