Border Guard

Above 2 tons of illicit drugs confiscated in SE Iran

TEHRAN, Sep. 22 (MNA) – The border guards of the Sistan and Baluchestan province, southeastern Iran, have seized 7 tons and 210 kilograms of narcotics in the province borders.
2019-09-22 15:49
By: Mehdi Hossein Nejadi

Maritime search, rescue, oil spill response held maneuver in Astara

ASTARA, Sep. 16 (MNA) – A maritime search and rescue and oil spill response maneuver was held in the Astara waters, northwestern Iran, on Monday. The maneuver was jointly conducted by the Iranian Navy, Border Guards forces and Iran Red Crescent Society.
2019-09-16 14:14
Border guard martyred in western Iran

SANANDAJ, Sep. 07 (MNA) – An Iranian border guard was martyred and another one was wounded in a clash with a terrorist group at the western borders of Iran, near Marivan county in Kordestan province.
2019-09-07 15:35
Brig. Gen. Nemati:

Borders monitored with fully indigenized electronic equipment

TEHRAN, Sep. 05 (MNA) – Deputy Commander of the Iranian Army’s Ground Forces Brigadier General Amir Nozar Nemati said that all borders of the country, that the ground force is tasked with safeguarding, are monitored with completely homegrown electronic equipment.
2019-09-05 15:20
Iran runner-up at ‘Guardians of Order’: 2019 Intl. Army Games

TEHRAN, Aug. 11 (MNA) – Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran received the silver medal of the Guardians of Order event in Russia.
2019-08-11 09:56
Iran, Turkey officials ink MoU to increase border cooperation

TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) – The commander of Iranian border guard command in the northwestern governorate of Maku, signed a MoU with the Provincial governor of Turkey’s Van province to promote good neighborliness and security on the shared borders.
2019-08-06 19:08
Iranian police takes part at Intl. Army Games’ ‘Guardians of Order’

TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) – A team from the Islamic Republic of Iran Border Guard Command is taking part at the ‘Guardians of Order’ competition of the 2019 International Army Games, which kicked off on Tuesday morning in Russia.
2019-08-06 16:02
Iran, UAE ink MoU to boost border coop.

TEHRAN, Aug. 01 (MNA) – Border commanders of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed cooperation agreement in line with boosting bilateral interactions and strengthening border disciplines.
2019-08-01 14:12
Iran, Turkmenistan to jointly repair ruined Atrak River banks

TEHRAN, Jul. 13 (MNA) – Some areas of the Atrak River banks which were shattered by recent floods will be restored with the cooperation of Iran and Turkmenistan, said an official with Iran’s border guards.
2019-07-13 13:10
Afghanistan releases two Iranian border guards detained for "illegal crossing"

TEHRAN, Jul. 10 (MNA) – Afghanistan has released two Iranian border guards who had been apprehended this morning for “illegally crossing” the borders.
2019-07-10 16:23
Major General Bagheri visits NE border regions

TEHRAN, Jul. 10 (MNA) – Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Bagheri visited the northeastern borders of the country on Wednesday. During the visit, the top commander met with a number of border guards and senior religious figures of the region.
2019-07-10 14:29
Iran, Pakistan Border fencing begins

TEHRAN, May 11 (MNA) – The Baluchistan border fencing project with Iran has begun and it is expected to be completed within three to four years, Pakistani Commander of border forces said.
2019-05-11 14:54
Border patrol helicopter crashes in Urmia in NW Iran

TEHRAN, Apr. 10 (MNA) – Informed sources at West Azerbaijan Border Guard Command report that a border patrol helicopter has crashed in Dalampar to the southwest of Urmia near the Iran-Iraq border.
2019-04-10 13:56
Freed Iranian border guards return home

TEHRAN, Mar. 23 (MNA) – Four Iranian border guards, who had been held captive in Pakistan by so-called Jaish ul-Adl terror group since last Oct., were released a few days ago and landed in Tehran Friday night. Five other abducted guards were released on November 22.
2019-03-23 12:47
Four other abducted Iranian border guards released: FM spox

TEHRAN, Mar. 21 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Bahram Ghasemi said that four out of seven remaining border guards, who were held hostage by a terrorist group in Pakistan, have been released.
2019-03-21 09:21
Iranian guard martyred in country's western borders

TEHRAN, Mar. 18 (MNA) – An official with Kurdestan province’s governorate said that after an armed conflict with some gunmen on Sunday evening in Baneh border region, one of the border guards has been martyred.
2019-03-18 11:35
Iran border police cmdr.:

Pakistan more determined to encounter threats at joint borders with Iran

TEHRAN, Mar. 03 (MNA) – The commander of Iran Border Guard Command Brigadier General Ghasem Rezaei said Sun. that the Pakistani government is more resolute than before to tackle threats on the shared borders with Iran.
2019-03-03 23:01
Flood claims lives of two border guards in SE Iran

TEHRAN, Mar. 03 (MNA) – Bodies of the two Iranian border guards trapped in flood in Mirjaveh, southeast of the country were found.
2019-03-03 11:41
Iranian borders under full control: Army chief

TEHRAN, Feb. 25 (MNA) – Commander of Iran’s Army Ground Forces Brigadier General Kioumars Heydari said on Monday the country’s borders are constantly monitored by latest surveillance technologies.
2019-02-25 20:36
Iran able to fight anti-security moves in other countries: official

TEHRAN, Feb. 18 (MNA) – Director general of border affairs said Mon. if the Pakistani government is incapable of fighting terrorism in the region, Iran has the ability to confront any anti-security move against it in any country.
2019-02-18 11:38
IRGC spokesman dismisses Netanyahu’s claims on attacking Iranian bases in Syria

TEHRAN, Jan. 28 (MNA) – Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) spokesman Brigadier General Ramazan Sharif has rejected the Israeli prime minister’s claims on attacking Iranian bases in Syria as completely ‘baseless’ and ‘false.’
2019-01-28 17:19
Border police cmdr.:

Efforts underway to release Iranian border guards held in Pakistan

TEHRAN, Jan. 26 (MNA) – Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Border Guard Command Brigadier General Ghasem Rezaei says Iran is following up in earnest on the ensuring the release of abducted border guards held hostage in Pakistan.
2019-01-26 19:08
By: Mehdi Hossein Nezhadi

Iran, Azerbaijan sign border agreement

TEHRAN, Jan. 09 (MNA) – Border guards of Iran's Astara and the Republic of Azerbaijan's Lankaran have signed an agreement Wed. on dredging 5km of Astarachay river located on the two countries' shared borders.
2019-01-09 12:25
Iran border guards seize 2.15 tons of illicit drugs in SE

TEHRAN, Jan. 01 (MNA) – The border guards’ commander of Sistan and Balouchestan province said that the force has seized 2,150kg of different illicit drugs in a Monday operation near the city of Zabol in southeast Iran.
2019-01-01 16:52
Iran, Russia sign agreement on border coop.

TEHRAN, Dec. 30 (MNA) – The Director General of Border Affairs Department at Iranian Foreign Ministry Shahriar Heidari said Sun. that Iran and Russia have signed a cooperation agreement on a pilot electronic blockade project on the borders.
2018-12-30 22:15
Iran, Pakistan determined to boost border security: FM spox

TEHRAN, Dec. 18 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi says Iran and Pakistan are determined to take necessary measures to boost the security of their shared borders.
2018-12-18 17:19
Iran condemns terrorist attack in Pakistan

TEHRAN, Dec. 16 (MNA) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned the terrorist attack along the Pakistan-Iran border, which killed and injured a number of Pakistani soldiers.
2018-12-16 09:35
Iran border cmdr. meets with Azeri president in Baku

TEHRAN, Dec. 11 (MNA) – Iranian Border Guard Commander Brigadier General Ghasem Rezaei met and held talks with President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in Baku on Tuesday.
2018-12-11 12:58
Deputy FM Araghchi:

JCPOA participants planning to make up for US withdrawal

TEHRAN, Dec. 03 (MNA) – Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araghchi has said that the JCPOA participants are planning to compensate for the US withdrawal, adding that they are trying to design operational solutions.
2018-12-03 21:28
Iranian border guard martyred at Iraqi borders

TEHRAN, Nov. 28 (MNA) – Gunmen killed an Iranian border guard in Baneh County, Kurdistan province on the borderlines shared with Iraqi Kurdistan.
2018-11-28 13:55