Movies circulating on social media present Iran is dispatching army items to the border space with Afghanistan following tensions with Taliban border guards.
A video revealed by Khabar On-line web site early on Tuesday exhibits the 88th Armored Division of Zahedan – a part of the bottom forces of the Army – is being deployed to the border.
The video exhibits a number of Iranian tanks and armored autos transferring in direction of the Afghan border.
Some customers additionally shared a video exhibiting the evacuation of a car parking zone at Dogharoon (Dowqarun) border customs, with somebody saying within the video that space is being evacuated “as a result of they stated there was going to be a conflict tonight.”
Some accounts in Afghanistan additionally posted a video of Iranian army helicopters stationed on the border.
In response to the movies, semi-official information company ISNA stated that a few of these movies weren’t associated to the Iranian military, including that “the bottom forces are [always] stationed and patrolling the japanese borders across the clock”.
On Monday, Iranian overseas ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh confirmed tensions between Iran and the Taliban on the Dogharoon border, saying that Tehran has knowledgeable Kabul about its issues.
“We hope that the restraint by our border guards on the Iranian-Afghan border has not led to a misunderstanding of the opposite facet… the repetition of those points is a matter of great concern,” he added.
Following a “dispute” between Iranian and Afghan border guards on Saturday, the border crossing was quickly shut down.
There have been some incidents on the border because the Taliban seized management in Afghanistan final yr.
