News in Brief
Police foil 4,000 terrorist plots on border
The Iranian Border Police thwarted more than 4,000 terrorist operations along the country’s frontiers during the current Iranian calendar year, which started on March 21, 2023, a top commander said.
Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Border Police Chief Ahmadali Goudarzi said his forces intercepted many terrorist groups from approaching the borders, seizing a large number of weapons, suicide vests, and remote-controlled bombs, Tasnim News Agency reported.
Goudarzi added that border guards had also busted over 70 tons of drugs along the borders this year, mostly in armed clashes with traffickers, arresting 718 of them and killing 32 others.
A total of 31 million liters of smuggled fuel have been confiscated by the Border Police this year, showing a 3% increase compared to the previous year, the commander noted.
US intelligence community says Iran not making nukes
Iran is not conducting activities required to make a nuclear weapon, the US intelligence community said in its annual report on Monday.
The 41-page report said that although Iran scaled down its adherence to a 2015 nuclear deal, largely expanded its nuclear program, and restricted inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency, such measures could not put the country in a position to move toward building a nuclear bomb.