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Islamic Republic of Iran Border Guard Command

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Formed
  
2000

National agency
  
Iran

Islamic Republic of Iran Border Guard Command

Legal personality
  
Governmental: Government agency

General nature
  
Law enforcement Gendarmerie

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.

Agency executive
  
Brigadier general Qasem Rezaee

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.

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Islamic Republic of Iran Border Guard Command Wikipedia