Kazemi Qomi, the Iranian president's special representative for Afghanistan affairs and the country's ambassador to Kabul, said, "The news about the death of dozens of illegal nationals at the Saravan border is not true."

Qomi said that he had followed up on this issue directly through reliable sources.

Kazemi Qomi wrote on social media platform X on Wednesday that the "legal" response to the "illegal entry of unauthorised nationals" is the legitimate right of countries and that the border guards of each country are obliged to prevent the entry of illegal nationals.

He wrote that the management of border traffic is a mutual responsibility, and that neighbouring countries have a duty to prevent the illegal passage of "suspicious elements" and unauthorised movement of their nationals, and to abide by international obligations in protecting their borders.

The ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran has written that Iran is determined to return unauthorised asylum seekers and to deal legally with their illegal entry at all border crossings. In this regard, he stressed, Iran is "acting lawfully, responsibly and based on a long-standing policy of good neighbourliness, Islamic compassion and commitment to the provisions of international treaties".