Tehran, July 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Taliban militant group has no office in Iran, Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi confirmed, while rejecting reports claiming otherwise.
Araqchi made the remarks in an exclusive interview with Afghanistan's TOLO News which was published by Iranian media on Sunday, Press TV reported.
He added that the group "may have established a council" in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad, "but this does not concern us".
Araqchi said Iran has been in contact with the Taliban over the past few years.
"As is the case with other (Afghan) groups, we have been in contact with them as well. We heard their opinions and expressed ours as well."
The Iranian official further said that it is the US who "has negotiated with the Taliban and made a deal with them. We have no such relationship with the Taliban".
The Taliban and the US signed a peace deal in February in an effort to end the nearly two-decade war in Afghanistan.
Source: IANS
Gopi Adusumilli is a Programmer. He is the editor of SocialNews.XYZ and President of AGK Fire Inc.
He enjoys designing websites, developing mobile applications and publishing news articles on current events from various authenticated news sources.
When it comes to writing he likes to write about current world politics and Indian Movies. His future plans include developing SocialNews.XYZ into a News website that has no bias or judgment towards any.
He can be reached at gopi@socialnews.xyz
This website uses cookies.
