Iran struggles with border security
An IRGC commander says the elite Saberin Unit has provided Iran with security on its borders.
Middle East turmoil has destabilized more than half of Iran’s borders, warns Gen. Mohammad Pakpour, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) ground forces.
“Nearly 60% of the other side of our border is not controlled by the neighboring country, and the border is in the control of terrorist elements,” he said. At a Feb. 18 commemoration for the IRGC’s elite Saberin Unit, which is tasked with fighting terrorist groups on Iran’s borders as well as fighting in Iraq and Syria, he described the region as “turbulent and chaotic."
