The fate of Iran’s special mission to Afghanistan is under review

Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - Tehran: Esmail Baghaei, who was speaking to reporters at his weekly press conference today, Monday, December 3, answered to AVA reporter’s question about the fate of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s special mission to Afghanistan under the supervision of the country’s Foreign Minister. The AVA reporter continued, “In addition to the change of the head of the Iranian embassy in Kabul, the country’s consul general in Herat has also changed, and there is a possibility of changes to other Iranian consul generals in Kandahar, Nangarhar, and Mazar-e-Sharif. Do these changes have a new message for Afghanistan?”
Baghaei responded, “Changes in political and diplomatic missions of any country are a normal and common process, and usually our ambassadors and consul generals change after completing their missions.”
Regarding the fate of Iran's special mission to Afghanistan, he also said that the discussion of changing Iran's special mission in Afghanistan is being reviewed by the presidency and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Earlier, on Tuesday, December 26, in response to the news of Alireza Bigdali's appointment as the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran's embassy in Afghanistan, Ismail Baghaei had said about the change in the head of this embassy: "Changes and developments in responsibilities in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Iran's diplomatic and consular missions abroad are a normal and normal thing that takes place at specific periods of time."
Baghaei, appreciating the valuable efforts and efforts of Hassan Kazemi Qomi in recent years, wished success to Alireza Bigdali, former deputy head of consular and parliamentary affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who has been appointed as the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran's embassy in Kabul.
On Sunday, December 26, 1403, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi appointed Alireza Bigdali as the new head of the Islamic Republic of Iran's embassy in Kabul in a decree.
However, according to another change, news sources in Iran announced that the post of Special Representative of the Iranian President for Afghanistan has been eliminated, and the country's special representative will continue to work as Iran's special representative for Afghan affairs under the supervision of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. With this change, Mr. Kazemi Qomi's mission as the acting head of the Iranian embassy in Kabul ended, but according to the announcement of the Iranian embassy in Kabul in the press release of the meeting with the Chinese special representative, his activities as the country's special representative for Afghan affairs continue to this day, and no new decision has been announced by the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the change of the country's special representative and this ministry for Afghan affairs.