Iran tightens border security
IRAN: Iran’s Interior Minister says the Government has devised
a new comprehensive plan for enhancing control and security along the
country’s borders.
Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar told IRNA late Sunday that the new plan has
been implemented along the eastern and northwestern borders of the
country, and will be put in practice along the entire borders of the
Islamic Republic in the near future.
The official said that the ninth Government has increased the credits
allocated to border security 17-fold compared with those of the previous
administrations.
He added that the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic and the
provincial governors’ offices are executing the plan throughout the
country.
Earlier in January, Mohammad-Najjar went to Muscat for a two-day
visit to hold talks with senior Omani officials on ways to tighten
security and improve bilateral cooperation.
In addition, Iran and Iraq signed a memorandum of understanding on
improving border cooperation in October to step up the campaign against
terrorism and prevent illegal border crossings.
Iran has 5,440 kilometers of total land borders. The country shares
its northern borders with Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan which
extend for more than 2,000 kilometers, including about 650 kilometers of
water along the southern shore of the Caspian Sea.
Iran’s western borders are with Turkey in the north and Iraq in the
south, and to the east with Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Persian Gulf
and the Sea of Oman littoral states form the country’s 1,770 kilometers
of southern border. Press TV
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