Turkey Shares a Border With Iran That Has Been Used for Smuggling for Centuries
Yes, Turkey shares a roughly 534-to-560-kilometer border with Iran, and it has been a corridor for smuggling — of goods, narcotics, and people — for...
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Iran’s Border With Pakistan Runs Through Ungoverned Territory
The border between Iran and Pakistan stretches approximately 959 kilometers (596 miles) through some of the most desolate and lawless terrain in South...
Iran’s Border With Afghanistan Is Another 572 Miles of Difficult Mountainous Terrain
The Afghanistan-Iran border stretches 921 kilometers — 572 miles — across some of the most punishing terrain in Central Asia.
Iran’s Border With Iraq Is Over 900 Miles Long — Impossible to Fully Seal
The border between Iran and Iraq stretches approximately 906 miles across some of the most rugged, mountainous, and inhospitable terrain in the Middle...
Special Operations Forces Were Reportedly Positioned Near Iran’s Borders
Yes, multiple credible reports confirm that US and allied special operations forces have been positioned near — and possibly inside — Iran's borders as...
Doctors Without Borders Deploys Emergency Medical Teams to Iran’s Borders
Despite the headline circulating on social media, there is no verified report that Doctors Without Borders has deployed new emergency medical teams to...
Azerbaijan Monitors Its Border With Iran as War Escalates
Azerbaijan has activated a full-scale border monitoring and humanitarian evacuation operation along its southern frontier with Iran following the dramatic...
Poll: 65% Say ICE Has Gone Too Far — Two US Citizens Killed by Federal Agents Already
Two-thirds of Americans now believe ICE has gone too far in its immigration enforcement operations, according to a PBS News/NPR/Marist Poll conducted...
Trump’s America: Federal Gun Case Dropped — Prosecutors Overwhelmed by Immigration Cases
The Trump administration's unprecedented diversion of federal law enforcement to immigration has gutted gun crime prosecution across the country.
Mexico Cartel Violence Update: El Mencho’s Body Recovered
Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, the notorious drug lord known as "El Mencho" and leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, was killed on February 22,...