Police chief: Iran enjoys sustainable security

Iran's Police Chief Brigadier General Esmayeel Ahmadi Moqaddam underlined high security in different parts of the country, and said terrorist groups now have no shelter or hideout in Iran. "We have countries like Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan around us, any one of which are facing insecurity and lack of independence in some form, but Iran enjoys sustainable security," Ahmadi Moqaddam said in Tehran on Monday. "Today, 35 years after the Islamic Revolution (in 1979), there is no base and hideout for any terrorist group in any part of the country," he stressed. "Fortunately, from the borders to the capital there is nowhere that we can find a security vacuum today," Ahmadi Moqaddam reiterated. Iran has 5,440 kilometers of land borders. The country shares its Northern borders with Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan which extend for more than 2,000 kilometers, including about 650 kilometers of water along the Southern shore of the Caspian Sea. Iran's Western borders are with Turkey and Iraq, and to the East with Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman littoral states form the country's 1,770 kilometers of Southern border. In relevant remarks in September, Commander of the Iranian Border Guard Units General Hossein Zolfaqari said that the country is closely monitoring its border regions through high-tech equipments, including optical and radar systems. Speaking to reporters at the time, Zolfaqari underlined the significance of the use of high-tech equipments and technologies in border control, adding that Iranian border guard units are using radar and optic systems to control the country's borders. Iran also leads international efforts in fighting drug networks and narcotic traffickers. According to the World Drug Report 2012, the Islamic Republic of Iran in 2010 was ranked first in terms of opium and heroin seizures, accounting for 81% of the world opium seizures and 34% of the world heroin seizures.