Iranian President Urges Rapid Action to Identify Killers of Border Guards
TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called on the country’s intelligence and security officials to take rapid action to identify and punish the perpetrators of the recent terrorist attack on eight border guards in northwestern Iran. In a message issued on Monday, President Rouhani expressed deep condolences to the bereaved families of the victims of […]
Armenia to Create Free Trade Zone near Iran Border
TEHRAN – Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan unveiled his country’s plans to create a free trade zone near its common border with Iran that would involve European and Eurasian investors. In a meeting with Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani in Tehran on Monday, the visiting Armenian prime minister said Yerevan has invited the Eurasian and […]
Russia to set up trading house on Iran-Armenia border
TEHRAN- Russia will set up a trading house in Armenia on the border with Iran, Vestnik Kavkaza reported. It means a joint agreement signed with the Russian Export Center on work in the Free Economic Zone (FEZ) in Armenia, the president of the Armenian public organization ‘International Forum of the Eurasian Partnership’ and the Union […]
Iran, Turkey Stress Closer Cooperation in Border Control
TEHRAN – Iranian Anti-Narcotics Police Chief General Mohammad Massoud Zahedian and his Turkish counterpart, Adnan Ozdemir, underlined the importance of efforts to boost cooperation between the two neighboring counters in border control and the fight against smuggling. In a meeting held in the Turkish capital of Ankara, Zahedian and Ozdemir exchanged views about a range […]
IRGC begins military drills near Iran’s northwest border
The ground forces of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) have started heavy artillery fire drills in the country’s southwestern area. The security drills, codenamed Moharram, started out on Sunday, with Brigadier General Hossein Salami, the IRGC’s second-in-command, and Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour, who commands the Corps’ ground forces in attendance, Sepah News reported. The exercises […]