Police Chief: Iran Tightens Security Measures along Northwestern Borders

Iran’s Police Chief Brigadier General Esmayeel Ahmadi Moqaddam announced that the country’s law enforcement forces have adopted tight security measures along Iran’s Northwestern borders with Turkey and Iraq to confront insecurities and terrorist groups in border areas.
Speaking on Thursday, Ahmadi Moqaddam said that Iran is implementing “various security plans” on its Western border with Iraq and Turkey to counter with the activities of the Party for Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK) terrorist group.

“Given the expansion of cooperation between the two countries, the (security) situation of the joint border will be improved and will reach a good status in the next year,” he stated.

He noted that Iran, in cooperation with Turkey, has taken “good measures” on its Northwestern border against “terrorist groups supported by the US and Israel.”

PJAK, a militant Kurdish nationalist group with bases in the mountainous regions of Northern Iraq, has been carrying out numerous attacks in Western Iran, Southern Turkey and the Northwestern parts of Syria where the Kurdish populations live.

The separatist group has been fighting to establish an autonomous state, or possibly a new world country, in the area after separating Kurdish regions from Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Syria.

Iranian intelligence and security officials have repeatedly accused Washington of providing military support and logistical aids for such anti-Iran terrorist groups.