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Iranian border guards seize nearly 12 tons of narcotics in six months

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Iranian border forces have seized around 11 tons and 860 kilograms of narcotics and detained over 250 suspects during the first half of the current year, according to the commander of the Border Guard Command.
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Two border police officers killed in militant attack near western Iranian border

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Two Iranian border police officers were killed and another was wounded following an armed attack on a border outpost in Baneh County, western Iran, officials confirmed on Wednesday.
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Top Iranian general: Eastern border sealing progressing rapidly

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Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Bagheri says the project to secure and seal Iran’s eastern borders is advancing at a fast pace.
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Iran border guards rescue 250 stranded Afghan Nationals amid severe snowstorm

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Iranian border guards rescued 250 undocumented Afghan nationals who were stranded in severe snow and blizzard conditions along the northeastern border of Iran.
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Iranian border guard killed in clash with drug traffickers in Sistan and Baluchestan

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An Iranian border guard officer was killed during an armed confrontation with drug traffickers in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan.
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Five volunteer forces killed in terrorist attack in southeastern Iran

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Five members of Basij volunteer force have been killed in a terrorist attack in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan.
Security

Tehran denies ports of Afghans killed while sneaking into Iran 

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Iran’s ambassador to Kabul has denied reports that dozens of Afghan nationals have been shot and killed by Iranian border guards while trying to sneak into the Iranian territory illegally.
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Iran constructing wall to fortify border with Afghanistan

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Iran is pushing a project to construct a wall in its northeastern border with Afghanistan to step up security amid illegal entry and drug trafficking, an official with the Iranian Army said on Tuesday.
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Iranian forces get into armed conflict with terrorists in southeastern border

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Iranian armed forces engaged on Saturday in a shootout with armed militants in the border city of Saravan, in Sistan and Baluchestan province, the commander of the border guards’ headquarters said.
Security

Six Iranian border guards detained briefly by Taliban released

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Six Iranian border guards who were detained by the Taliban in Iran’s eastern border with Afghanistan on Thursday evening have been released, the headquarters of the Iranian border guard in East Khorasan province confirmed on Friday.  
Security

Iran border guards thwart infiltration attempt: chief police cmdr.

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General Ahmadreza Radan, Chief Commander of the Law Enforcement Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran, hailed the vigilant efforts of border guards, announcing the thwarting of a recent border infiltration attempt.
Security

Iranian border guard soldier killed in southeast by unknown assailants

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A soldier with the Border Guard Unit in Iran’s southeastern city of Zabol was killed by armed assailants on Sunday night, the Information Center of Sistan and Baluchistan’s Border Guard Headquarters announced.
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Iranian border guard killed in clashes with terrorists

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An Iranian border guard was killed in clashes with terror groups in a border area in Saravan, Sistan and Baluchestan Province near Pakistan.
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Interior minister says situation at Iran-Afghanistan border normal after Taliban attack

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Iran’s Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi said on Monday that the country's border areas with Afghanistan is tranquil following the recent skirmishes between Iranian border guards and Taliban forces.
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Two Iranian border guards killed in clashes with Taliban forces

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Two Iranian border guards have been killed in an exchange of fire with Afghanistan’s Taliban forces near a border post between the two countries, amid escalating tensions over Kabul’s violations of Tehran’s water rights.
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Clashes reported between Iran border guards, Taliban forces amid tensions over water

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Clashes have broken out between Iranian border guards and Afghanistan’s Taliban forces on the joint border between the two countries, media reports say.
Judiciary

Iran arrests four over links with Jaish al-Adl terrorist group

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Iran says it has arrested four individuals suspected of being linked to the Jaish al-Adl terrorist group in the country’s southeast.
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IRGC chief says Iran security forces will avenge 5 Iranian border guards

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The commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), Hossein Salami, says Iranian security forces will take revenge for the deaths of the five Iranian border guards who were killed by terrorists in southeastern Iran on Saturday.
Local

Iran holds funeral for guards killed in terror attack near Pakistan border

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Civilian and military officials attended a funeral procession held for five Iranian border guards who were killed by terrorists in southeastern Iran on the border with Pakistan.
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Five border guards killed in terror attack in southeast Iran

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Five Iranian border guards are killed and several others injured in a terror attack on a checkpoint in the southeastern city of Saravan, near the Pakistani border, officials say.
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Army official: Some neighbors made Iran borders unsafe

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The commander of the southeastern headquarters of the Iranian Army says more than 80 percent of Iran’s borders are unsafe and some governments threaten the Islamic establishment now and then under the influence of the policies of arrogant powers.
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Iranian forces, Taliban clash again on Iran-Afghanistan border

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Taliban forces and Iranian border guards have reportedly engaged in a firefight along the Milak border north of Iran’s Sistan and Balouchestan Province.
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Terrorist attack kills 4 Iranian security forces in country’s southeast

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Four Iranian soldiers have been killed during a clash with armed men who had infiltrated from Pakistani soil in Iran’s Sistan and Balouchestan Province.
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Iranian border guard killed by armed men in Sistan and Balouchestan Province

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An Iranian border guard has been killed during a clash with armed bandits in Sistan and Balouchestan Province.
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Interior minister: Security situation in Iran’s W border cities calm

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Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi says the security situation in Iran’s western border cities is calm, following a wave of deadly riots and unrest there.
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