Tehran, 15 September 2001 (RFE/RL) -- Iran's Interior Ministry today said it has ordered its security forces to seal off the border with Afghanistan. In a statement carried by the official IRNA news agency, the ministry said its military and police forces have been deployed along the 900-kilometer border to prevent Afghans from crossing over -- as the statement said -- "in the aftermath of the probable U.S. attacks." Iran has said it cannot accommodate any new arrivals, citing more than two million Afghan refugees already in the country.
Iran has condemned the 11 September terrorist attacks in the U.S.
Iran has condemned the 11 September terrorist attacks in the U.S.