Iraq completed a 200 km border security barrier on its border with Iran, coming as part of a border security agreement signed between Baghdad and Tehran earlier this year.
Border authorities “completed the installation of a 200-kilometer-long security barrier and installed more than 150 thermal cameras within the border with Iran to block smuggling operations and illegal crossings along the border strip between Iraq and Iran.
In March, the Iraqi government signed a border security agreement with Iran, vowing to reign in Kurdish armed groups operating on the border.
As part of the agreement, Baghdad agreed to disarm and relocate Kurdish militants before a 19 September deadline.
Tehran had issued several warnings that it would resume military operations against the Kurdish armed groups near its border if Iraqi authorities did not properly implement the security pact.
The dismantling process began in early September in coordination with Kurdish authorities in Iraq’s northern Kurdistan region.
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