Tehran, March 31 (IANS) In a bid to tighten security along Pakistan border, Iran has begun constructing 120 watch posts along its eastern border areas, a security official said Sunday. The police are building the watch posts and a 120-km road in cooperation with the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) to step up the security along the country's eastern borders, Xinhua quoted Brigadier General Esmail Ahmadi-Moqaddam as saying. The move comes after recent attacks against Iranian border guards by the Sunni rebels. On Friday, the IRGC an**unced its forces will undertake the security of the 300-km border in the southeastern city of Saravan in Iran's Sistan-Baluchestan province.
04-02-2014, 06:02 PM
Iran to tighten security along border with Pakistan
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