QUETTA : Iran's elite revolutionary border guards on Saturday closed Pakistan-Iran border at Taftan for five days over security concerns in the wake of upcoming Ashura event in the holy month of Muharram. A security official, who declined to be named, said Iranian border guards closed the border after talks with their Pakistani counterparts.
"The border would remain closed for five days," he said.
The border was sealed to avoid occurrence of any untoward incident and make sure security on both sides of the porous border during Ashura.
Pakistan has also deployed Frontier Corps (FC) personnel to strictly guard the border. The official said that trade activities at the border would remain suspended for five days.