Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization has dismissed reports that a Ukrainian aircraft has been hijacked in Afghanistan and diverted to Iranian soil, saying Tehran has documented the plane’s landing at Kiev’s airport. Ukraine’s Deputy Foreign Minister Yevgeny Yenin alleged on Tuesday that a Ukrainian plane evacuating Ukrainians from Afghanistan had been ...
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi expressed the country’s readiness for cooperation with all other governments feeling responsibility for the establishment of peace and calm in Afghanistan. In a telephone conversation with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on Monday, Raisi said the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan must be considered a watershed ...