“New, positive steps” agreed on Helmand River water rights, Iran says

Naseer Kanaani, Iran’s spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has said that the Taliban and Iran have agreed upon new and positive steps toward water rights, amid rising tensions in recent months which both sides said eased last month.

The Iranian news agency IRNA reported that Kanaani said in a press conference on June 12 that both sides have recently had a constructive discussion over the Helmand River on which Iran’s southeastern regions heavily rely for farmland irrigation.