INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Iran has accredited three diplomats dispatched by the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) to the Afghan embassy in Tehran, BBC reported on
Monday.One of them will serve as the third secretary of the embassy while the other two will be ordinary employees of the embassy.Iranian
Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said that movement of diplomats between the capital and embassies is a normal issue.&We will
not hand over the embassy to a government which we have not recognized,& Khatibzada said, adding no international conventions prevent the
movement of diplomats.IEA took over Afghanistan eight months ago, but no country has recognized it as the legitimate government of the
country.Several countries, however, have accepted Afghan diplomats appointed by the IEA, including Pakistan, Russia, China, Turkmenistan,
Qatar and now Iran.The post Iran accredits Afghan diplomats appointed by IEA first appeared on Ariana News.
