{"id":3925,"date":"2025-12-22T12:00:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T12:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2025\/12\/22\/iran-simplify-visa-afghan-citizens-herat-migrant-trade\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T12:00:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T12:00:27","slug":"iran-simplify-visa-afghan-citizens-herat-migrant-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2025\/12\/22\/iran-simplify-visa-afghan-citizens-herat-migrant-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Announces Plans to Simplify Visa Process for Afghan Citizens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iran has announced efforts to simplify visa procedures for Afghan citizens during a meeting between Iran\u2019s Deputy Ambassador and the Governor of Herat. Officials from both sides emphasized expanding bilateral relations, addressing migrant challenges, and facilitating trade cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement from the Herat provincial government, Seyed Hossein Mortazavi, Iran\u2019s Deputy Ambassador, met with Sheikh Mawlavi Islamjar. The meeting focused on issues related to migrants&#8217; conditions, the development of bilateral ties, and trade cooperation between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>Mortazavi underlined Iran\u2019s commitment to strengthening relations with Afghanistan and stated that simplifying and streamlining the visa issuance process for Afghan citizens is a priority for Iranian diplomatic missions.<\/p>\n<p>The Governor of Herat highlighted the importance of addressing migrants\u2019 problems and called for timely measures by relevant Iranian authorities to facilitate Afghan citizens\u2019 visas. He noted that practical cooperation in this area could reduce existing pressures.<\/p>\n<p>Referring to the Taliban administration\u2019s stance, the governor added that they seek strong and stable relations with Iran. He described easing trade exchanges, transit, and addressing citizen issues of both countries as constructive actions beneficial to both sides.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Alireza Marhamati, Iran\u2019s Consul General in Herat, stated that the case concerning the deaths of several migrants at the Iran border has been handed over to the country\u2019s judicial and legal authorities. A thorough investigation of the documents and circumstances surrounding the incident will be conducted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran aims to simplify visa processes for Afghan citizens, strengthen bilateral ties, and address migrant and trade issues with Afghanistan&#8217;s Herat officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,2,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-migrant-news","category-secondary-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}