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Digital border control planned

LONDON, Dec 5 (IranMania) - A digital control project for borders will be implemented to boost the country's border protection capabilities, an Interior Ministry official said.

Noting that safeguarding borders is of paramount importance, Hamid Reza Shahbazi also told Fars News Agency on Saturday that 300 bln rials are annually spent for providing border security.

"Digital border control will cover a vast area of border regions in the near future. Iran has 8,755 kilometers of borders with 15 neighboring countries. More than 325 border checkpoints are safeguarding Iranian borders," he added.

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2 Iranians arrested in US-Austria sting operation

LONDON, Dec 4 (IranMania) - US and Austrian authorities detained two Iranians in a joint operation to thwart an attempt by the Islamic republic to acquire advanced night vision equipment, US officials announced Friday.

Accoding to Agence France Press (AFP), Mahmoud Seif and Shahrzad Mir Gholikhan were arrested in Vienna after a meeting, in which they took possession of a US helmet-mounted Generation III military night vision system that they intended to illegally export to Iran, the officials said.
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The individual was seeking to purchase up to 3,000 night vision units for use by military infantry. Arrangements were finally made to get the equipment through Austria.