Iran is not close to recognizing the Taliban state in Afghanistan, Iranian diplomacy said on Monday, urging the new masters of the neighboring country to strive to gain the confidence of the international community.
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“Today, we are not at all at the point of recognizing [les talibans]. We hope that the governing body of Afghanistan will orient itself, with its actions, towards a direction which will be able to allow an international recognition ”, indicated the spokesperson of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Saïd Khatibzadeh, during a press conference.
“Iran and the neighboring countries of Afghanistan insist in particular on the formation of an inclusive government, which reflects the ethnic and demographic diversity of this country,” he added.
Shiite Iran, which shares a border of more than 900 km with Afghanistan, has seemed to sketch in recent months a rapprochement with the Taliban, a Sunni Islamist group.
Upon coming to power in mid-August, the country’s new rulers established an all-male government, made up entirely of Taliban members, almost all of the Pashtun ethnic group.
They further restricted the right of women to work and study, attracting numerous convictions abroad.
