A former Iranian national team member appeared to mock the Dari accent of an Afghan counterpart who was chiding Iran for its censorship.
Afghanistan has rebuked neighboring Iran over statements by senior officials that acknowledged Tehran’s contacts with the Taliban and emphasized a role for the hard-line Islamist Afghan movement in the country’s future government.
Nearly 800,000 Afghan migrants returned or were deported back to Afghanistan from Iran in 2018 -- an increase of two-thirds compared to the previous year, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on January 8.
Tehran’s diplomatic offensive has perhaps inadvertently showcased its strong ties with the Taliban.
Current and former Afghan officials and observers of events in the war-torn country are criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump's suggestion that the Soviet Union was “right” to invade in 1979.
Faezeh Hashemi, the daughter of former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and an outspoken former lawmaker in her own right, is warning that the Iranian establishment could collapse.
Iran has been holding talks with the Afghan Taliban with the knowledge of the Afghan government, Iranian media quoted a top Iranian security official as saying.
A video on social media appears to show Iranian police slapping and insulting a group of Afghan migrants.
Islamabad has lodged a formal protest with Tehran about an attack by militants who killed six Pakistani paramilitary troops as they were patrolling a mountainous area near the Iranian border.
A flamboyant Tajik blogger has been roughed up in Moscow, as seen in video posted by his alleged attackers, right under the nose of a policeman. He has since said he's afraid to leave home.
Iranian officials and state media are reporting that two security guards have been killed by a suicide attack outside a police headquarters in the southeastern port city of Chabahar.
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