(NSI News Source Info) QUETTA - June 1, 2009: Iran has closed its border with Pakistan at Taftan and informed the Pakistani government about its decision. 
Iran had closed the border partially on Thursday after a suicide bomber attacked a mosque in Zahedan, but has now ordered complete closure. Iranians are seen inside the mosque after an explosion killed 15 in Zahedan, Iran,Thursday May. 28, 2009. An explosion in a mosque killed 15 people and wounded 50 Thursday in southeast Iran near the volatile Pakistani border, the state news agency said. Iranian officials were investigating the cause of the explosion in the city of Zahedan, some 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) southeast of the capital, Tehran, said the Islamic Republic News Agency.
A Pakistani official confirmed on Sunday that the Iranian authorities had closed the border.
Iran had closed the border partially on Thursday after a suicide bomber attacked a mosque in Zahedan, but ordered complete closure on Saturday.
Sources said that Iranian authorities had also tightened security along the border.
The Iranian move has caused suspension of trade through the area.
There was no trade now, the sources said, adding that people belonging to tribes living on the two sides of the border were facing enormous difficulties.
The Iranian border authorities have also stopped issuing temporary permits to people settled on both sides of the border.
The suspension of trade has resulted in an acute shortage of foodstuff coming from Iran.
Iran had closed the border partially on Thursday after a suicide bomber attacked a mosque in Zahedan, but has now ordered complete closure. Iranians are seen inside the mosque after an explosion killed 15 in Zahedan, Iran,Thursday May. 28, 2009. An explosion in a mosque killed 15 people and wounded 50 Thursday in southeast Iran near the volatile Pakistani border, the state news agency said. Iranian officials were investigating the cause of the explosion in the city of Zahedan, some 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) southeast of the capital, Tehran, said the Islamic Republic News Agency.
A Pakistani official confirmed on Sunday that the Iranian authorities had closed the border.
Iran had closed the border partially on Thursday after a suicide bomber attacked a mosque in Zahedan, but ordered complete closure on Saturday.
Sources said that Iranian authorities had also tightened security along the border.
The Iranian move has caused suspension of trade through the area.
There was no trade now, the sources said, adding that people belonging to tribes living on the two sides of the border were facing enormous difficulties.
The Iranian border authorities have also stopped issuing temporary permits to people settled on both sides of the border.
The suspension of trade has resulted in an acute shortage of foodstuff coming from Iran.
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