Tensions simmer at volatile Iran-Pakistan border
Mon, Mar 01 2021 12:48:13 PM
By Ateet Sharma
New Delhi, Mar 1: Repeated border flare-ups in the last few weeks have exacerbated the tensions between Pakistan and Iran threatening to further destablise an already volatile region. Various agencies have reported the killing of at least two people in a shooting incident at the common border of the two countries, triggering large scale protests in Sistan-Baluchistan, the second largest province of the 31 provinces of Iran.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh said the country s competent authorities are working on the case of recent clashes with fuel smugglers in a southeastern region near the common border with Pakistan.