Border Guard Command (Iran)

Border Guard Command
فرماندهی مرزبانی
Border Guard Command; فرماندهی مرزبانی
Agency overview
Formed	2000
Jurisdictional structure
National agency	Iran
Operations jurisdiction	Iran
General nature	Gendarmerie;
Specialist jurisdictions	National border patrol, security, and integrity.; Coastal patrol, marine border protection, marine search and rescue.; Water ways and bodies and-or coastal areas.; Customs.;
Operational structure
Agency executive	Brigadier general Ahmadali Godarzi;
Parent agency	Law Enforcement Force (Iran)

The Border Guard Command (Persian: فرماندهی مرزبانی جمهوری اسلامی ایران), commonly known as NAJA Border Guard (Persian: مرزبانی ناجا), is a subdivision of the Law Enforcement Force (NAJA) and Iran's sole agency that performs border guard and border control duties for land borders, and coast guard duties for maritime borders. The unit was founded in 2000. Between 1991 and 2000, border control was the responsibility of the Security deputy of NAJA. Prior to 1991, border control was the responsibility of the Gendarmerie.^[1]

References[]

^ کلیاتی از تاریخ مرزبانی جمهوری اسلامی ایران (in Persian), Border Guard Command, archived from the original on 29 March 2015, retrieved 1 April 2015

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[1] کلیاتی از تاریخ مرزبانی جمهوری اسلامی ایران (in Persian), Border Guard Command, archived from the original on 29 March 2015, retrieved 1 April 2015

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