In a move to regulate the employment of foreign nationals, Iran has introduced a daily fine of 12 million rials (approximately 20 USD) for employers hiring unauthorized foreign workers.
The Taliban has arrested five Iranian border guards in Afghan territory and handed them over to the its intelligence department.
Iran’s ministry of interior has issued a directive for all illegal Afghan immigrants to leave or face deportation.
Iran’s Defense Minister claims that Iran is boosting the security on eastern borders with the deployment of advanced cameras, helicopters, and drones amid security threats from terror group ISIS.
Amid a deteriorating aviation fleet and a bleak outlook for acquiring modern aircraft, Iran has purchased a 29-year-old plane from the Taliban, Iranian daily Aftab-e Yazd has reported.
Iran's former Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has stated that the Taliban's legitimacy remains in question in spite of their ruling neighboring Afghanistan.
The recent rise in the Hirmand river has sparked renewed tensions as Iran accuses the Taliban of withholding its agreed water allocations.
Iran's quest for an agreement with Afghanistan to share water from the Hirmand River has been hit by a new setback despite the Islamic Republic’s desperate need for the resource.
An Afghan trade delegation has announced construction and investment deals worth $35m in Iran's southern port of Chabahar.
The commander of the Ground Forces of Iran’s Army has affirmed Tehran's intention to proceed with a plan to build fences to block its borders with Afghanistan.
Ebrahim Raisi's special envoy for Afghanistan has claimed that Iran has fighters ready to support the war in Gaza amid its regional proxy war against Israel and the US.
The Taliban's foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, advocated for enhanced economic collaboration during his visit to Iran.
A second teenager injured in a clash between Afghan and Iranian youths in Meybod this week is in a critical condition as calls for the expulsion of illegal Afghans grow.