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IEA says it will appoint new consul general in Iran’s Mashhad
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) announced on Friday that Jaber Ansar has been dismissed as consul-general of Afghanistan in Iran’s Mashhad city, adding that a new diplomat will be dispatched to secure the post.
Zakir Jalaly, Director of the Third Political Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, said on X that Ansar was involved in corruption.
Jalaly’s statement comes a day after Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman called on the officials of the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs to act per internationally recognized methods for any changes and in their consular staff.
Jalaly emphasized that it will be the IEA which will decide who should take care of any Afghan diplomatic mission or consulate.
He said that a diplomat from Afghanistan Embassy in Tehran or the first secretary of the consulate in Mashhad will take care of the affairs of the consulate until the appointment of a consul-general.