Iran Building Fence at Pakistan Border

Border Area with Pakistan on Iranian Baluchistan

Iran's Defense Minister Brig. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi today told reporters in Tehran that the country is rapidly constructing a fence on its border with Pakistan.

“Fences and barriers along the border with Pakistan is being carried out in the impenetrable mountainous terrain with precision and quality,” Gen. Vahidi said [IRNA, 14 April.]

The Iranian militant group Jundallah is believed to use the border area separating the Iranian and Pakistani Baluchistan to carry out its operations inside Iran.

File Photo: IRNA