Pak hits Iran wall: Tehran plans to seal its border with Pakistan to prevent cross-border terror
The wall is intended to end fuel smuggling, illegal crossings of terrorists, drug smuggling and will enhance security along the border, ET has learnt.
Iran started discussing the construction of barriers last year after the high-profile terrorist attacks in Kerman and Sistan-Baluchestan.
Iran has often alleged of cross-border terror from Pakistan impacting its Sishtan Balochistan province. Tehran’s opinion is that it wanted to build the fence to prevent terrorist groups from entering from neighboring Pakistan and Afghanistan.
According to Iranian security services, Iran’s borders with Pakistan and Afghanistan account for 80% of drug trafficking into the country.
The wall will be four meters high and almost 300 kilometers long. Construction has already started in the southern part of Sistan and Baluchestan provinces, as well as Razavi Khorasan, it has been learnt.In January 2024 Iran carried out a missile and drone attack in Pakistan along its border against terror group Jaish al-Adl. Pakistan had then said the attack was “illegal” and warned of “serious consequences”.The then Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, speaking in Davos, had claimed that no Pakistani citizens had been targeted, only members of Jaish al-Adl.
Jaish al-Adl is an influential terror group operating in Sistan-Balochistan, according to the office of the US Director of National Intelligence. It is designated as a terrorist group by both Washington and Tehran.
Following the Pahalgam terror attacks Iran strongly condemned it and later when its Foreign Minister visited India it was decided to combat terror in the regional context. Recently, NSA spoke to his Iranian counterpart on regional developments besides Chabahar port.
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