Iranian border police commander Brigadier General Ahmad Ali Goudarzi says that over one million pilgrims have crossed Iran's border with Iraq for Arbaeen pilgrimage over the past 10 days since the start of Safar.
The director general of customs office of Ilam province said that $765 million worth of goods was exported from Mehran Border Crossing to Iraq in the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21, 2024).
Iranian Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Bagheri and the newly appointed Pakistani Army chief Lieutenant General Asim Munir, in a phone conversation on Tuesday, reviewed border security and the fight against terrorism.
Iran’s Interior Minister said that the current administration wants to activate border markets.
An Iranian lawmaker has said that in Iran’s military equations, the movement of the Taliban is not a serious one, if we want to deal with it, it should be done in a deterrent way, so that they do not repeat such an issue in any way.
Iran’s Minister of Interior Ahmad Vahidi dismissed reports about a clash between Iranian and the Taliban forces at the common border with Afghanistan, saying what has happened resulted from a misunderstanding.
Iran will re-open Bashmaq-Marivan common border with Iraqi Kurdistan Region (KRG) on Wednesday, Iranian consulate general in Erbil announced in a statement.
