Iran tightens border security to prevent ‘invasions’ amid unrest – state

Iran has dispatched additional special forces to strengthen its northern border with Iraq and crack down on an alleged incursion by Kurdish rebel groups, Iranian state media reported Friday.

General Mohammad Pakpur, chief of the ground forces of the militia’s Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, said “armored and special forces” units had been deployed in western and northwestern provinces to bolster existing border security. reported the official IRNA news agency.

The deployment is aimed at preventing infiltration and arms smuggling into the north by Iraqi-exiled Kurdish rebel groups, which Tehran claims are organizing country-wide anti-government protests. This is a claim the Kurdish group denies, and to date Iran has not provided any evidence to support it.

Iran has several military bases near the Iraqi border, where its troops have been stationed in rotation for decades.

The military move also comes after Iraq issued a directive to tighten security along its border to prevent further bombing by Iran, according to a statement released by Iraqi military spokesman Maj. Gen. Yahya Rasoul. is happening. The Kurdish opposition group is based in Kurdish-controlled northern areas of Iraq.

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Earlier this week, Iranian officials conducted a ground military operation to root out opposition groups from their bases, despite being reportedly threatened to do so during a visit by Supreme Commander Esmail Ghani in state media. He was quoted as saying he had no plans to do so. to Baghdad last week.

In September, nationwide protests engulfed Iran after the death of a young woman in police custody for violating the Islamic Republic’s strict dress code for women. has been one of the greatest challenges to Iran’s theocracy since the chaotic years of

Twenty-two-year-old Mahsa Amini died on September 16, three days after being arrested by Iran’s morality police. The Iranian government claims Amini was not mistreated during police custody, but her family said her body showed signs of bruising and other beatings after she was detained. said.

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