Borders
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Iran kicks off border closure project in West Azarbaijan Province
Tehran, IRNA – The commander of Iran's Border Guards Police, Brigadier General Ahmad Ali Goudarzi, has stated that a plan to close the country's western borders has started in West Azarbaijan Province.
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Commander announces plan to close western borders
Sanandaj, IRNA - The implementation of a plan to close the country's western borders has started, Commander of Iran's Border Guard Police Brigadier General Ahmad Ali Goudarzi has announced.
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Israel attacks Syrian border area near Lebanon once again: Report
Tehran, IRNA – The Israeli regime has once again carried out an attack against a border area in Homs Governorate in Syria along the Lebanese border.
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Iran minister stresses acceleration of blockade process in eastern borders
Kerman, IRNA – The process of blocking the eastern Iranian borders has been accelerated, the interior minister says expressing hope that the project will be completed on schedule.
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Iran begins construction of border walls along eastern borders
Tehran, IRNA – Iran has started building walls across its eastern borders to counter security risks, a commander of the Islamic Republic’s Border Guard Police said.
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Iran to build wall at western border within 3 years: General
Sanandaj, IRNA – Kordestan’s Border Guard commander has said that the construction of a wall at Iran’s western borders will be complete within three years.
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Conflicts continue on Lebanon’s borders
Tehran, IRNA – Some news outlets have reported that conflicts between fighters of the Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah and Zionist forces persist, with several missiles launched at northern occupied Palestine.
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Tehran, Ankara eye $30 billion annual trade: Turkish official
Urmia, IRNA — Governor of Türkiye's Hakkari Ali Çelik says that Ankara and Tehran should strive to expand bilateral exchanges to an annual $30 billion.
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Nearly 60K illegal immigrants arrested on Iran-Afghanistan border since 2021
Tehran, IRNA — Around 60,000 illegal immigrants have been arrested on the border of Iran and Afghanistan since 2021, an Iranian military official says.
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Iran Army building fences to secure eastern borders: Cmdr.
Mashhad, IRNA - The commander of the Iranian Army’s Ground Force, during a visit to the border regions of northeastern Iran, inspected ongoing construction work to secure the frontier with Afghanistan.
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Hezbollah releases videos of its anti-Israeli operations
Tehran, IRNA – The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has released videos of its major attacks against the Israeli army’s bases.
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Iranian cmdr. says border blocking will ensure sustainable security at joint border with Afghanistan
Taibad, IRNA – An Iranian local Army commander at the country’s northeast has hailed a plan for blocking the joint border with Afghanistan as ensuring sustainable security along the Iranian eastern borders.
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Smartification of Iranian borders underway: Cmdr.
Tehran, IRNA – Commander of the Ground Force of the Iranian Army has said that the country is carrying out a smartification plan at the borders.
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Iran: Ready to cooperate with SCO to combat extremism, terrorism
Tehran, IRNA - Iranian border police commander, Brigadier General Ahmad Ali Goudarzi says the Islamic Republic is ready to cooperate with the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in the fight against extremism and terrorism.
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Big smuggling ring busted in southeast Iran, police burn 16 mt of narcotics
Tehran, IRNA – The commander of Iran’s Border Guard Police has announced the seizure of over half a million metric tons (mt) of different types of narcotics in the southeast of the country.
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Pakistan FM Spox expresses satisfaction on Tehran, Islamabad border ties
Islamabad, IRNA – Pakistan Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch has said that the Pakistan-Iran border is the border of peace and friendship, and the current cooperation between the two countries is going well.
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Iran allots over 1.8 trillion rials to closure of eastern borders
Tehran, IRNA – The Iranian Ministry of Interior has recently initiated a project aimed at closing the eastern borders, adding that the endeavor has received an allocation of approximately 1.8 trillion rials from the national budget bill for the upcoming Iranian year (March 20, 2024- March 20, 2025).
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Iran, Kuwait to expand ties on border security
Tehran, IRNA – The commander of the Border Guards of the Islamic Republic of Iran has highlighted the need to strengthen the cooperation between Iranian and Kuwaiti border guards.
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Taliban say they assured Iran of mutual cooperation
Tehran, IRNA – The Ministry of Defense of Taliban’s caretaker government in Afghanistan has announced its readiness for cooperation with Iran, including on border issues and bilateral ties.
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Iran calls for final demarcation of Caspian Sea borders
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Deputy President for Legal Affairs Mohammad Dehqan has said that the country is trying to reach a final demarcation deal with Caspian Sea littoral states so that its share of the Sea can be determined for good.
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Iranian police guarding border in deep snow
The pictures show that Iran’s border police forces are knee-deep in snow while guarding the country in Ardebil province, northwestern Iran. The province shares a 369-kilometer-long border with the Republic of Azerbaijan.
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Pakistan PM calls Iran "a friend"
Islamabad, IRNA – The caretaker prime minister of Pakistan has described the Islamic Republic of Iran as a friend to his country despite the recent tension in joint border crossing.
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Iran deploys troops at northeastern borders to counter threats: Commander
Tehran, IRNA – The Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces has deployed drone, missile, and artillery units in northeastern border areas to react to any threat rapidly and in a timely manner, an Iranian commander said.