The UN special envoy on Afghanistan Jean Arnault met with Iranian foreign minister�s advisor Mohammad-Ebrahim Taherian on Monday in Tehran to discuss the Afghanistan situation.

According to Iran�s IFP news, the two sides discussed Afghan peace talks and the security situation in the country.

Taherian said Iran considers Afghanistan�s peace and security as its own, and supports the peace process owned and led by Afghans, IFP reported.

He also expressed Iran�s preparedness for cooperation on facilitating and advancing intra-Afghan talks, and underlined the necessity of protecting the Afghan people�s achievements in the past two decades.

The two sides also expressed concern over the escalation of violence in Afghanistan in the past few months, and called for a decrease in violence and efforts to prevent civilian casualties, IFP reported