Iran strengthens border security with neighbors, specifically, Azerbaijan

Iran strengthens border security with neighbors, specifically, Azerbaijan

PanARMENIAN.Net - Iran's interior minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar said the government has devised a new comprehensive plan for enhancing control and security along the country's borders.

Mohammad-Najjar told IRNA late on February 13 that the new plan has been implemented along the eastern and northwestern borders of the country (the border with Azerbaijan), and will be put in practice along the entire borders of the Islamic Republic in the near future.

The official noted that the ninth government has increased the credits allocated to border security 17-fold compared with those of the previous administrations, PressTV reported.

He added that the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic and the provincial governors' offices are executing the plan throughout the country.

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