Iran Digest - February 2023

In a simultaneous The presidential joint statement issued at change of the senior diplomats of their the end of the visit reiterated the two embassies, Taliban authorities appointed a countries’ strong support for issues related new caretaker for its embassy in Tehran to each other’s basic interests and after the tenure of the current caretaker protection of each other's national came to an end. [...] The two sides emphasised statement noted that the Foreign Ministry of the importance of peace and stability in the Iran has by no means been involved in any Persian Gulf region for international of the changes in the Afghan embassy. [...] While February, Taliban released an Iranian praising the strategic importance of the border guard who was briefly detained after meetings of the foreign ministers of the two the vehicle he was searching for contraband countries, the two sides agreed to maintain on the Iran-Afghanistan border drove into a close coordination between the foreign Afghan territory leading the Afghan border ministers. [...] Notably, there have been several to accelerate the implementation of the clashes involving border guards of the two comprehensive cooperation programme countries, prompting Qomi to propose the and continue to increase cooperation in the formation of a joint committee to prevent fields of trade, agriculture, industry, further border skirmishes. [...] bringing up issues of ‘women’, the ‘Shi'i- Supreme Leader Khamenei emphasises Sunni issues’ and the ‘differences between on ‘national unity’ on the 44th generations.” In the run-up to the anniversary of Islamic Revolution anniversary, Khamenei also approved a judiciary proposal granting amnesty to tens On the anniversary of the historic pledging of thousands who were arrested during the allegiance.