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The Iran–Pakistan border (Persian: مرز ایران و پاکستان; Urdu: ایران پاکستان سرحد), is the international boundary that separates Iran and Pakistan. It demarcates the Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan from the Pakistani province of Balochistan , and spans 909 kilometres (565 miles) in length.
In May 2019, Pakistan approved $18.6 Million funds to fence border with Iran. [9] In September 2021, Pakistan approved $58.5 Million additional funds for border fencing. [10] As of mid-2021, Pakistan has fenced 46% of border and is expected to be fully fenced by December 2021. [11] As of January 2022, Pakistan has fenced 80% of border.
Iran has international borders with 13 sovereign countries, both on land and sea. It has a total of 5,894 kilometres (3,662 mi) land borders with Iraq, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. [1]
Additionally, Pakistan shares maritime boundaries with India and Iran and has close maritime proximity with Oman across the Arabian Sea, which plays a crucial role in its trade and maritime connectivity. In total, Pakistan's land borders span approximately 7,307 km (4,540.4 mi), excluding its coastline along the Arabian Sea.
Pakistan and Iran have both conducted strikes on each other’s territories in an unprecedented escalation of hostilities between the two neighbors, at a time when tensions have risen sharply ...
It is one of Pakistan's border crossings with Iran. It is by either road or rail over 500 km (310 mi) from Quetta. It is 62 kilometres (39 mi) northeast of the thermally active dark peak or small massif also called Taftan, wholly in Iran. At its western extreme, the border crossing point of Iran is Mirjaveh.
Pakistan and Iran set up the first such border market in southwestern Pakistan's Baluchistan province last year, promising to set up five more such markets under a 2012 agreement.
Inward from Pakistan's most western edge, it begins at Spezand Junction and has services that continue beyond Koh-e-Taftan station in high mountains, west. Its length is 632 kilometers (393 mi) to the Iranian border, a few kilometers further west of that station. It has ten active stations, of which seven are in Pakistan and three are in Iran.