Press TV May 23, 2016 Iran, India and Afghanistan sign a key trilateral agreement to develop the southern Iranian port of Chabahar in the Gulf of Oman. The agreement was signed in the presence of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in the Iranian capital of Tehran
TEHRAN, May 18 (Xinhua) — The Afghan president will arrive in Tehran to sign a trilateral deal regarding Iran’s Chabahar Port, semi-official Mehr news agency reported on Wednesday. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani made his first visit to Iran in March, 2015, when the two countries stressed cooperation in executing bilateral and multilateral projects with regional
Tolo News: Police, chasing a truck carrying illegal Afghan migrants into Iran, ended in tragedy after Iranian police opened fire on the vehicle – killing six and injuring 18. ISNA news agency reported that when the truck came to a stop, police found the dead and injured inside. The incident happened on Saturday afternoon in the eastern Iranian
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 8, 2016 A court in Iran has begun the trial of four Afghan men accused of raping a French tourist in mountains outside Tehran, Iranian media reported on May 8. Mehr news agency said that the 24-year-old female tourist was hiking in the Farahzad district on Tehran’s northwestern outskirts on
Tehran, April 25, IRNA – Some 360,693 Afghan students are studying in Iranian schools, said an Education Ministry official here Sunday. The ministry’s official for international affairs, Khalilollah Babalou said besides the above-mentioned Afghan students, most of Afghan children who are currently residing illegally in Iran, have been enrolled in schools and are able to
April 21, 2016 TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Ministers from Iran and Afghanistan agreed on Thursday to launch a joint pilot scheme on alternative means of livelihood across a border region as part of UN-sponsored efforts to curb narcotics production. The agreement was reached in a meeting between Iran’s Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli and Afghan Minister
PTI: Pakistan feels it has potentially lost a great opportunity to build strategic trade ties with regional economies owing to Afghanistan’s preference for a trilateral agreement with India and Iran via Chabahar port, a media report said today. The report carried in ‘The Express Tribune’ said that Pakistan is set to lose lucrative trade deal with Afghanistan
Press TV April 19, 2016 Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari has condemned a terrorist bomb blast in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul that left tens of people dead. In a statement on Tuesday, Jaberi Ansari expressed Iran’s sympathy with the Afghan government and nation and the bereaved families of the victims. He also underlined
Tolo News: Officials from the Afghan Ministry of Commerce and Industries (MoCI) said Monday that the Chabahar Agreement – also known as the International Transport and Transit Corridor Agreement among governments of Afghanistan, India and Iran – will be signed in Kabul in the next two months. The ministry said that using the Chabahar Port for
Tolo News: Officials from Afghanistan, India and Iran on Monday finalized the draft Chabahar Agreement – also known as the International Transport and Transit Corridor Agreement among governments of Afghanistan, India and Iran. Chabahar Port is an alternative for Afghan businessmen to import and export goods through the route instead of Karachi and other ports. Click here