Brigadier General Esmail Ahmadi Moqaddam said Saturday that Iran’s border security is at a “favorable” level.
The Islamic Republic of Iran fully monitors border regions and stands ready to defend them, the official noted.
He said the necessary number of forces have been deployed along the borders, adding that forces from Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) are also stationed in regions more at risk.
Iran has, over the past few months, reinforced security along borders and sped up the process of sealing its borders, Ahmadi Moqaddam said, adding that the country’s borders are now “under full control.”
He also rejected speculations that tension in neighbors of Iran, including Iraq, could spill over into the country, giving the assurance that the Islamic Republic will counter potential threats.
Iraqi forces are continuing their battle against Takfiri terrorists from the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Tens of thousands of volunteers have joined the Iraqi troops in the fight against militants who have threatened to take their raid towards the capital, Baghdad.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has vowed that the country’s security forces would fully confront the terrorists.