Border Guard Command (Iran)

The 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 (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 Security deputy of NAJA. Before 1991, border control was Gendarmerie's duty.[1]

Border Guard Command
فرماندهی مرزبانی
Agency overview
Formed2000
Jurisdictional structure
National agencyIran
Operations jurisdictionIran
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
Parent agencyLaw Enforcement Force (Iran)

References
  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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