The Iranian foreign ministry in a statement marked the 23rd anniversary of the martyrdom of Iranian diplomats and a journalist in a terrorist attack in Afghanistans Mazar-i-Sharif. "Twenty-three years ago, this day, Iranian diplomats and a journalist were martyred at the Consulate General of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan,...

IRNA The fall of Afghanistan's Mazar-i-Sharif on August 8, 1998 by the Taliban terrorist group was a shocking news that reverberated across the region and the world. Soon it was revealed that the Taliban captured the Iranian consulate in the northern Afghan city, killing Mahmoud Saremi correspondent of the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA),...

Iran has commemoratedNational Reporters Day markingthe anniversary of the killing of an Iranian reporter in Afghanistan seventeen years ago. August 8 was designated National Reporters Day in Iran after Taliban militants killed Mahmoud Saremi, the correspondent of the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), along with eight Iranian diplomats, in the ...

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Iran has commemorated the National Journalists' Day on the anniversary of the killing of an Iranian reporter in Afghanistan, Press TV reports. August 8 was designated the National Journalists' Day in Iran following the murder of Mahmoud Saremi, the correspondent of the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), along with eight Iranian diplomats, by Taliban ...