Islamic Republic of Iran Border Guard Command

Border Guard Command
فرماندهی مرزبانی

Logo of the Border Guard Command
Agency overview
Formed 2000
Legal personality Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
National agency Iran
General nature
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 Qasem Rezaee
Parent agency Law Enforcement Force of Islamic Republic of Iran

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

References

  1. ↑ کلیاتی از تاریخ مرزبانی جمهوری اسلامی ایران (in Persian), Islamic Republic of Iran Border Guard Command, retrieved 1 April 2015
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