A commentary in Kayhan newspaper, which is funded by the Supreme Leader’s office, sees common cause between Iran and the Taliban in resisting US domination.
Iranian polices arrested scores of people who were protesting outside the Pakistani embassy in Tehran on Wedensday, among them prominent Iranian rights activists.
Iran's former populist president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has accused the United States and several other countries of conspiring against Aghanistan by bringing the Taliban to power.
Esmail Ghaani (Qaani), commander of the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) extraterritorial Qods Force outlined Iran’s approach to Afghanistan saying it needs an inclusive governmenjt.
Iran in a tough tone has condemned Sunday evening’s aerial attacks on the Panjshir valley in northern Afghanistan allegedly carried out by Pakistan in support of the Taliban.
Iranians are calling their government hypocrite for ignorign the anti-Taliban resistance in Afghanistan's Panjshir valley, while it calls Hamas and others freedom fighters.
Iranian experts are concerned about less exports to Taliban-controlled Afghnaistan, which has been important for Iran amid economic isolation resulting from US sanctions.
Iranian political groups are criticizing their government for trusting the Taliban and denounced Tehran's "shameful and annoying" behavior in whitewashing the group's record.
An Iranian economist and politician has argued that Tehran has important shared economic interests with Afghanistan and with the Taliban, who he says have changed.