Tasnim Irans Foreign Ministry spokesman denounced a terrorist attack near the country's western border with Turkey during which a mortar shell hit Irans territory. In a statement on Wednesday, Seyed Abbas Mousavi expressed regret over the incident and extended sympathy for the victims. He also condemned the terrorist elements movement between ...

MNA Talks are underway between Islamic Republic of Iran and Turkey over the reopening of trade and business borders amid the outbreak of the coronavirus, COVID-19. For this purpose, Head of Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) Hamid Zadboum conferred with Turkeys Deputy Minister of Customs and Trade Riza Tuna Turagay on Mon. in a conversation ...

Reuters - Turkey has closed its border with Iran and halted incoming flights as a precaution to stop the potential spread of coronavirus after the neighboring country reported 43 cases of the disease, the health minister said on Sunday. All highways and railways were closed as of 5 p.m. (14:00 GMT) and flights from Iran suspended, Health Minister ...

IRNA - The Iranian Border Guards commander said that the ties and coordination between border guards of Iran and Pakistan and Turkish border guards have been improved and promoted due to the expansion of bilateral relations. Brigadier General Qasem Reza'i said here on Monday that Iran after China and Russia has been ranked third in terms of the ...

IRNA Urmia Governor-General Alireza Molla Mohammadzadeh on Tuesday met with the governor of Hakkari province in Turkey on strengthening border securities. In the meeting which was held in the absence of reporters, both sides underlined the need to further bolster border security, fight against terrorism and drug trafficking. The two sides ...

IRNA Senior Iranian commander on Sunday expressed satisfaction with the level of cooperation between Tehran and Ankara in the field of border security. Due to joint efforts made by the Iranian and Turkish border guards, the two countries enjoy close border cooperation, the Commander of Iran Border Guards Brigadier General Qasem Rezaei said. He ...

IFP - The 27th meeting of Iran-Turkey High Border Commission was held on Tuesday in Ankara after a six-year hiatus. The meeting was jointly presided over by Abbas Baqerpour, the Director General for International and Legal Affairs at the Iranian Foreign Ministry, and Burak Ozugergin, the Directorate General for Bilateral Political Affairs (Maritime-...

Sputnik - Turkey has finished building a wall along more than half of its 144 km border with Iran. The partition, meant to prevent illegal immigration, smuggling and militant infiltration, will be completed next spring, according to Turkish housing developer TOKI. In addition tothe Iranian border wall, TOKI has also been busy building ...

IRNA Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has called his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif to say that the shootout incident in the two countries' border is being investigated and the results will be declared to the Iranian officials soon. In the incident in northern border area of Maku on Monday, one Iranian border guard was killed and ...

Sputnik - Turkish authorities have begun the construction of a huge wall along the border with Iran, claiming that this fortification is needed to protect the country against the Kurdistan Workers' Party. The wall will be comprised of7-ton concrete blocks, each ofthem 3 meters high and 2 meters thick. According toTurkeys Hurriyet newspaper,...

Al Monitor | Fazel Hawramy: The May 27 clash near the Iran-Turkey border between Iranian border guards and what the Iranian media described as a "terrorist group" has raised fears that yet another dimension will be added to the conflict-ridden Middle East. While some Iranian media identified the group as the Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan (PJAK),...

FNA- Commander of the Iranian Border Guards Brigadier General Qassem Rezayee warned Turkey to take practical measures to tighten its lax security control over the borders with Iran to prevent outlaws from crossing the border. Two Iranian border guards were killed in clashes with PJAK (the Party for Free Life of Kurdistan) terrorists in the Northwestern ...

Sputnik - Ankara is planning to build a wall along the border with Iran within the framework of the efforts to prevent the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which is listed as a terror group in Turkey, from entering the country's territory, the Hurriyet newspaper reported on Monday, citing an official. MOSCOW (Sputnik) Earlier inMay, media reported ...

IRNA Esendre-Sarv as the third big border crossing between Turkey and Iran which has been modernized was opened on Friday by Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim. The border crossing as the third trade gate between Iran and Turkey in Yuksek Avai in Hakkari Province will be more active compared to the past, said Turkish Customs and Trade Minister ...

A bomb explosion has occurred on board a Turkish freight train that was en route from eastern Turkey to Iran, causing the train to derail. Hossein Qassemi, Irans consulate general in the city of Erzurum in eastern Turkey, said on Monday that the incident took place within 30 kilometers (18 miles) of the Iranian border two days before while ...

Forces of Irans Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) have dismantled a group of four counter-revolutionary outlaws close to the Turkish borderin West Azarbaijan Province. On Thursday, Alireza Madani, the commander of the IRGC wing in northwestern Salmas County, said the criminals had sneaked into Iranfrom neighboring Turkey. However, IRGC ...

Tehran, July 16, IRNA Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi underlined that security is prevalent along Iran-Turkey borders. The borders are under control in Turkeys borders, Alavi said in reaction to the recent development in Turkey. We hope security and stability for Turkey, he added. Turkish government officials said the army factions that ...

Iran reopened border crossings with Turkey following the suppression of the coup attempt there, a local law enforcement source told Sputnik Saturday. TEHRAN (Sputnik) He added that trucks are already crossing the border and traffic is resumed asnormal. "Land crossings onthe border withTurkey are reopened afterthey were closed yesterday forthe night,...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Secretary of Irans Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani gave an assurance that the countrys common border with Turkey remins secure after an abortive military coup caused turmoil in the neighboring country. Speaking after a special meeting of the Supreme National Security Council in Tehran, held to discuss ...

Orumyieh, West Azarbaijan prov., July 16, IRNA Following a military coup attempt in Turkey, all border crossings between Iran and Turkey have been closed until further notice. According to unofficial local resources, three border crossings namely Bazargan Border in North, Razi in Khoy and Sarv in Orumyieh which are official borders between Iran and ...