TEHRAN (Tasnim) � Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari underlined the positive results of a method the IRGC has devised for sustainable security along Iran�s borders by getting help from local residents and developing anti-poverty strategies.

The IRGC plans to engage locals in the process of ensuring security and combat poverty in border areas have proved to be a success, a clear sign of which is that Iranians in western border provinces enjoy �an acceptable� level of safety despite all attempts by the enemy and the anti-Revolution terrorist groups, the top general said on Wednesday, in a visit to the IRGC operational units in the provinces of Kurdistan and West Azerbaijan.

He explained that one of the IRGC�s top priorities has been making efforts to involve local residents in the security process, fight poverty and create jobs in border regions.

Back in February, IRGC Ground Force commander said since 2011, when Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei ordered a plan for sustainable security along the country�s northwestern and southeastern borders, the IRGC forces tightened grip on those areas, constructed many border posts, and forced intruders to stay out of the country.

By Tasnim News Agency