IRGC Warns:
Iran to Counter Any Security Threats Along Borders
TEHRAN (Dispatches) - Brigadier General Muhammad Pakpour has warned Baku and Yerevan, the Karabakh warring sides, that the Iranian military will counter any security threats along its borders.
Brigadier Pakpour made the comment as the military conflict between the Azerbaijan Republic and Armenia goes on near Iranian borders.
"We would counteract any insecurity and threat along our borders which would inflict harm on our dear people’s security and mental calm, and basically, our people’s security and our country’s national interests are our red lines,” said General Pakpour, the commander of the Ground Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), while warning the two warring sides.
He said the IRGC’s Ground Force is deploying troops in border areas in the north of the country.
"The deployment of forces of the IRGC’s Ground Force will be in line with safeguarding our national interests as well as insuring the security and tranquility of people in the region,” said the top commander.
"We respect the territorial integrity of neighboring countries, and any change in our border geopolitics will by the Islamic Republic of Iran’s red line,” he said.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran is opposed to, and condemns any occupation and aggression,” the senior commander underscored.
He said IRGC troops have been monitoring border developments in the north of the country since the military clashes began between the Azerbaijan Republic and Armenia.
"The necessary measures have been adopted and the necessary reinforcement has been done in accordance with the current situation,” he said.
IRGC Deploys Tanks, Military Equipment
The Ground Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has deployed a mechanized brigade to protect the country’s northwestern border amid ongoing firefight between Azerbaijan.
The Corps’ Sepah News outlet reported the deployment on Sunday. It specified the dispatched force as the Ground Force’s Emam-e Zaman Mechanized Brigade comprising tanks and other military equipment.
The location of the deployment was identified as the areas running alongside the border in the Khoda Afarin and Jolfa Counties.
The precaution has been taken towards "preservation of the northwestern borders’ security,” according to the report.
An IRGC member said the brigade has been tasked with "defending the country’s territorial integrity” and the people residing in those areas.
Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami put the warring sides on notice early this month, saying Tehran would respond beyond only warnings if the security of Iran’s border regions were endangered.
Brigadier Pakpour made the comment as the military conflict between the Azerbaijan Republic and Armenia goes on near Iranian borders.
"We would counteract any insecurity and threat along our borders which would inflict harm on our dear people’s security and mental calm, and basically, our people’s security and our country’s national interests are our red lines,” said General Pakpour, the commander of the Ground Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), while warning the two warring sides.
He said the IRGC’s Ground Force is deploying troops in border areas in the north of the country.
"The deployment of forces of the IRGC’s Ground Force will be in line with safeguarding our national interests as well as insuring the security and tranquility of people in the region,” said the top commander.
"We respect the territorial integrity of neighboring countries, and any change in our border geopolitics will by the Islamic Republic of Iran’s red line,” he said.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran is opposed to, and condemns any occupation and aggression,” the senior commander underscored.
He said IRGC troops have been monitoring border developments in the north of the country since the military clashes began between the Azerbaijan Republic and Armenia.
"The necessary measures have been adopted and the necessary reinforcement has been done in accordance with the current situation,” he said.
IRGC Deploys Tanks, Military Equipment
The Ground Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has deployed a mechanized brigade to protect the country’s northwestern border amid ongoing firefight between Azerbaijan.
The Corps’ Sepah News outlet reported the deployment on Sunday. It specified the dispatched force as the Ground Force’s Emam-e Zaman Mechanized Brigade comprising tanks and other military equipment.
The location of the deployment was identified as the areas running alongside the border in the Khoda Afarin and Jolfa Counties.
The precaution has been taken towards "preservation of the northwestern borders’ security,” according to the report.
An IRGC member said the brigade has been tasked with "defending the country’s territorial integrity” and the people residing in those areas.
Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami put the warring sides on notice early this month, saying Tehran would respond beyond only warnings if the security of Iran’s border regions were endangered.