Kordestan’s Border Guard commander has said that the construction of a wall at Iran’s western borders will be complete within three years.

According to The Iran Project, Brigadier Mohammad Aref Sepehri said in a press conference in Sanandaj on Sunday that 2.3 trillion rials worth of smuggled goods had been discovered in the form of 27,000 patrols and ambushes.

He noted that 203 vehicles had been confiscated and 1,249 criminals had been arrested during this period.

The discovered items included gold and foreign currency, non-standard health and cosmetic products, and medicine, he added.

He stressed that the Kordestan border is one of the safest borders in Iran.