Iran's Strategic Mistake in Recent Developments in Afghanistan

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

68% : US troop's withdrawal from Afghanistan seemed to bear some good news for Iran.
51% : It is worth noting that Iran is fundamentally different from Iraq or Afghanistan in terms of its strategic location, the border with Russia, its capabilities, size, and population, for American troops to occupy it.
48% : On September 8th in a virtual meeting of foreign ministers of Afghanistan's six neighboring countries, Iran's new Foreign Minister Amir Abdullahian said: "the Islamic Republic of Iran is following the developments in Afghanistan seriously and is pursuing the issue of forming an inclusive government with the participation of all ethnic groups.
45% : These days, as the positions and policies of the Taliban are becoming more and more clear, we are witnessing demonstrations in different cities of Iran condemning the Taliban and Pakistan's involvement in Afghanistan.
45% : "Respect for human rights, the rights of women and children are one of the serious concerns of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Afghanistan, and we will make every effort to protect the inalienable rights of the Afghan people," he said.
41% : It is clear that the Iranian authorities most likely organized these demonstrations because, in Iran, any unauthorized demonstrations are quickly suppressed, but these unlicensed demonstrations were not stopped.
38% : Now the question is, how has Iran become concerned about the rights of Afghan women and children?
36% : Especially after the Taliban's announcement of its government members in which all the ministers are composed of the Pashtuns affiliated with the Taliban and the Haqqani group, which is in serious conflict with the Shiite regime of Iran and it did not include any of Iran's intended personalities and the Hazara Shiite minority.
36% : At the same time, everyone knows that the rights of women, religious and ethnic minorities in Iran are easily ignored and most of these abuses against them systematically take place at the behest of the Supreme Leader.
35% : With this in mind, Khamenei had ordered then-Foreign Minister Javad Zarif to invite Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar to Iran while the Taliban was still considered a terrorist group.
35% : Because it was clear that although the US forces on Iran's eastern borders were not favorable to the Iranian regime, but the US never intended to use these forces to attack Iran.
34% : He added that,"in my opinion, the main losers of this bitter event inside Afghanistan are the people of Afghanistan and in the region is Iran".
33% : Especially at a time when Iran itself is in the worst economic situation and almost 80% of Iranians are living below the poverty line, nearly 4 million Afghanis have sought refuge in Iran, and an increase is quite predictable in the near future.
32% : He added "Iran is seriously concerned about the growing insecurity and terrorism in Afghanistan."
29% : The presence of such a government on Iran's 935-kilometer eastern border is worrying, and they think that Iran has been the main loser in the recent developments in Afghanistan.

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