"The Islamic Republic of Iran favors the expansion of relations with all countries, but will never accept interference of other states in its internal affairs, " commission spokesman Kazem Jalali said, according to Press TV.
The king's arrival has been welcomed not only by fellow members of the Pushtun ethnic majority, like Mohammed Ali Jalali, of the eastern province of Paktika, but even by General Wasequllah, an ethnic Tajik and former Northern Alliance commander, who has just been named a general in the new Afghan army.