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Reliable sources told BBC that three Taliban diplomats of Taliban have gone to Afghanistan embassy in Iran, and that the Iranian government accepted their credentials.
According to said sources, one of them is the third secretary and twothe others are just members of staff. But it’s the former ambassador, who was appointed by the former government, who runs the affairs of the embassy, even after the collapse of former governmentthe previous regime.
According to Iranian media reports, the spokesperson of Iran’s foreign ministry, Saeed Khatibzada, said that the exchange of diplomats between Afghanistan and Iran is compatible with international conventions and has nothing to do with recognition.
Nearly eight months after Taliban's dominationtakeover, no country has recognized their government, and butyet some former officials run the affairs of embassies and political offices in lots of countries.
Although Countries as Pakistan, Russia, Turkmenistan, and now IranIran, though, have accepted Taliban's diplomats.
Last month, Russia's foreign minister announced that the country accepted the first Taliban diplomat of Taliban, while two months ago, Afghanistan's embassy in Washington said that it had received a letter from the US Department of State relating to closure of Afghan embassy and consulates of Afghanistan there.
After Taliban's domination takeover in Afghanistan, a number of Afghansistan's diplomats have sought asylum in some foreign countries, and while several othersa number of them continued to do their job.
Foreign ministry of Taliban sends administrative and financial letters to diplomatic offices overseas, but the majority of embassies do not count themselves accountable to Taliban's foreign ministry.
