Enemies seek to damage Iran, Afghanistan relations: official

Speaking to ILNA news agency, the head of the Bureau for Aliens & Foreign Immigrants’ Affairs, Mahdi Mahmoudi said that the enemies seek to create tension between Iran and Afghanistan.

Referring to the rumors about the torture and drowning of a number of Afghan citizens in a shared border river (Harirod River) in Afghan territory by the border forces, he added “Although there are fundamental doubts about the accuracy of this claims and certainly, this incident has nothing to do with Iran’s border guards.”

Iran has extensive evidence that the incident has not happened on its borders. According to Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi, the confirmed reports received from the border guards of the Islamic Republic of Iran show that such an incident has not occurred on the mentioned date and location.

“According to the investigation, the citizens may have tried to enter the territory of the Islamic Republic of Iran and drowned when they are crossing the difficult points of the river,” he confirmed.

Mahdi Mahmoudi pointed to the other incident involving Afghan citizens and adding that In the Yazd incident, some people have again committed human trafficking in violation of the law and the police, who reportedly shot at the vehicle after it failed to stop at a checkpoint.

The head of the Bureau for Aliens & Foreign Immigrants’ Affairs also said “During the outbreak of coronavirus, 563 Afghan students studied medicine in various fields in the country."

Afghan Ambassador to Tehran Abdolghafor Lival has said that Iran-Afghanistan ties are important for both sides and a car crash incident should not deteriorate the two neighboring countries' historical relations.

In the car crash, three people were killed and eight others were injured when the car collided with the guardrail.

Abdolghafor Lival, the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan's ambassador to Tehran has visited those who injured in the Yazd car crash in hospital.

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