8am: The Iranian authorities’ stance towards the Taliban is not consistent. On occasion, the Islamic Republic of Iran refers to the Taliban as “the original movement of the region” and offers them hospitality, financial aid, and military support. However, at other times, they engage in media debates to express their expectations from the Taliban in
8am: ISIS-K is not a simple, ordinary foe, but rather a threat that should have been properly recognized and contained years ago as it first emerged in Iraq rapidly seizing cities. However, from the outset of ISIS’s rise, intelligence games commenced with some countries attempting to exploit the group as a proxy against rivals. This
Tolo News: Amir Hossein Abdollahian, Iran’s foreign minister, claimed that leaders and fighters of Daesh have recently moved to Afghanistan from Iraq, Syria and parts of Libya. Abdollahian said that the shifting of the Daesh leaders to Afghanistan has become one of the main challenges ahead of the interim Afghan government. Click here to read
Ariana: Iran’s energy minister has once again raised the issue of its water rights and said Tehran will not compromise the rights of the nation regarding its water share from the Helmand River. Iran’s Energy Minister Ali Akbar Mehrabian said on Saturday: “Despite the fact that our water share has not been given, we are
Khaama: Iran publicly executed two Afghan citizens, namely Mohammed Ramez Rashidi and Sayeed Naeem Hashimi Qatali accused of having involvement in Shah Cheragh attack that occurred in Shiraz Iran, media reported. The terrorist attack on Shah Cheraqh shrine took place on October 26, 2022, in southern Shiraz city of Iran, resulting in the death of
Khaama: The Iranian interior minister has suggested creating a joint commission between Iran and Afghanistan to resolve the dispute over water rights between the two countries by carefully observing water levels in the Helmand River in southern Afghanistan. Ahmad Vahidi, Iran’s interior minister, said that the purpose of this joint team would be to ascertain
By Freshta Negah Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 16, 2023 Farzad Amiri joined the hundreds of thousands of Afghans who flocked to neighboring Iran after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in 2021. Amiri found work at a supermarket in the city of Shiraz, the capital of the southwestern province of Fars, where he resides with
Global Initiative: Having long hosted Western Asia’s largest methamphetamine market, Iran for decades has employed an aggressive multi-million-dollar campaign to curb the trade. The discovery, however, of the ephedra plant in neighbouring Afghanistan – a source of ephedrine, a key ingredient for the drug – threatens to undermine Tehran’s efforts. The abundance of cheap meth
8am: Following the recent border conflict between the Taliban and Iranian border guards, Ahmad Massoud, the leader of the National Resistance Front (NRF), tweeted a stanza of Rumi’s famous poems, indicating that he had warned Iran not to go to the Taliban as he himself was the true acquaintance of Iran. This tweet provoked a
Ariana: A number of farmers around Kajaki Dam in Helmand province say their agricultural land and gardens are drying up due to the lack of water. The farmers have called on the government to manage the Helmand River water so that water reaches their fields. “We are facing a water shortage. We are in dire