Iran will attend regional conferences on Afghanistan to be held in Turkey and Russia respectively, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Sunday. 'Iran's First Vice President Mohammad-Reza Rahimi, heading a delegation, will attend the Istanbul conference on Jan. 26,' Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast told Fars on Sunday. Iran is also scheduled to participate in another conference on Afghanistan organized by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization ( SCO), said Mehman-Parast. Deputy Foreign Minister for Asian and Pacific Affairs Mohammad Ali Fathollahi will represent Iran in the conference, due to be held on Monday in Moscow, he was quoted as saying. Mehman-Parast called on the participants in the two conferences to focus on forming a regional approach towards the Afghan issues, saying 'paying attention to regional approaches can bring such conferences closer to success,' according to Fars. Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Thursday that Tehran would take part in a conference on Afghanistan in London next week providing that its viewpoints are fully taken into consideration, Iran's state-run satellite channel Press TV reported. 'If Iran's considerations on Afghanistan are completely taken into account in the final statement of the London conference, we will consider taking part in the gathering,' Mottaki was quoted as saying. He did not give details of Iran's conditions. But Tehran has already called on the NATO forces in Afghanistan to leave and let the Afghan people take control of security with the help of regional states. 