Taliban Will Be Forced To Provide Iran’s Water Rights, Says Iranian Official

Fada Hossein Maleki, a member of the National Security Commission of Iran’s Parliament, accused the Taliban of double standard and said that the group is saying one thing at the negotiating table and something else in public.

Pointing to the earlier warning of the Iranian president to the Taliban, Maleki said that the group will be forced to provide the water rights to Iran.

Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s president, on May 18, during a visit to Sistan and Baluchistan province of Iran warned the Taliban to give the water rights of Iran from the Helmand River. He said that the group should take the warning seriously.

In response, the Taliban announced that they are committed to the water rights agreement, but there is not enough water in Afghanistan.

After the tension between the two sides, Iranian and Taliban officials have been engaged in negotiations, however, there are no other details regarding the developments on the water rights issue.

Earlier, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, Iranian foreign minister, in an interview published on Fars New Agency, spoke about the “good results” of negotiations with the Taliban.