Iran’s deputy foreign minister for Legal affairs Kazem Gharibabadi has said that plans are underway for the repatriation of Iranian prisoners and enhancing border security and controls.
He said that these matters were discussed during his visit to Afghanistan on Sunday, where renewing border demarcation signs and implementing Afghanistan’s obligation to provide Iran’s water share.
Iran and Afghanistan have longstanding tensions over Helmand River water rights, the management of shared borders, and the issue of Afghan nationals illegally residing in Iran.
“It was decided to take the Iranian nationals imprisoned in Afghanistan into the custody of our embassy in Kabul and facilitate their immediate transfer to Iran,” Gharibabadi said in a post on X.
He expressed satisfaction over outcome of the meetings with the Afghan officials including Minister of Borders and Tribes, Deputy Minister of Water and Energy (Water Commissioner), and the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.
During the visit, he added, bilateral issues on border, water, legal and judicial cooperation were reviewed, and “Both sides stressed the need to strengthen border controls to prevent drug smuggling, human trafficking, and curb terrorist elements”.
“It was also agreed to resume the project to renovate border demarcation signs which has been suspended for seven years,” he said.
The Iranian official also said that a meeting of the water commissioners of the two countries would be held in Iran in the near future within the framework of implementing Afghanistan’s commitments to provide Iran’s water share.
Gharibabadi, who arrived in Kabul on Sunday, visited Herat Province on the second leg of his visit on Wednesday and met its governor Noor Mohammad Islamjar.
“Negotiations between Iran and Afghanistan on the water rights of the Helmand River, protecting the Hamoun wetlands, and determining the legal regime of Harirud River are ongoing as special issues,” he told reporters after returning to Iran.
Iran has been demanding the complete implementation of the 1972 Helmand Treaty and securing it water rights under the treaty.
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