"Border Guard Force"

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19 December 2025

A mural depicts two portraits of two Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) killed commanders on a wall of a non-governmental commercial building in the border city of Zahedan near Iran's eastern border with Afghanistan, in Sistan and Baluchistan Province, 1,486 km (924 miles) east of Tehran, Iran, on December 18, 2025. Under Iran's Ministry of Interior regulations, Sistan and Baluchistan Province is a restricted area for foreign nationals, including Afghan migrants and refugees. Residence, work, and long-term stay are prohibited, with exceptions only for tourism or investment on valid visas.

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19 December 2025

A young Afghan refugee sits in the Alghadir Refugee Camp located in the suburb of the border city of Zahedan near Iran's eastern border with Afghanistan, in Sistan and Baluchistan Province, 1,486 km (924 miles) east of Tehran, Iran, on December 18, 2025. Under Iran's Ministry of Interior regulations, Sistan and Baluchistan Province is a restricted area for foreign nationals, including Afghan migrants and refugees. Residence, work, and long-term stay are prohibited, with exceptions only for tourism or investment on valid visas.

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18 December 2025

An Iranian guard closes the gate of the Milak refugee camp on Iran's eastern border with Afghanistan, in Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchistan Province, directly opposite Zaranj in Afghanistan's Nimruz Province, approximately 1,688 km (1,050 miles) east of Tehran, on December 17, 2025, after a group of Afghan refugees leaves Iran for Afghanistan. Official reports state that from late 2024, census cards and temporary residence permits for migrants, particularly Afghans, are revoked, and the Ministry of Interior sets July 6, 2025, as the final deadline for unauthorized foreign nationals to leave Iran.

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18 December 2025

An Iranian guard opens the gate for a bus carrying Afghan refugees in the Milak refugee camp as it departs for Afghanistan, in Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchistan Province, directly opposite Zaranj in Afghanistan's Nimruz Province, approximately 1,688 km (1,050 miles) east of Tehran, Iran, on December 17, 2025. Official reports state that from late 2024, census cards and temporary residence permits for migrants, particularly Afghans, are revoked, and the Ministry of Interior sets July 6, 2025, as the final deadline for unauthorized foreign nationals to leave Iran.

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12 December 2025

A soldier from the 5th Skif Slobozhanska Brigade of Ukraine's National Guard puts a box into a new Ukraine-made ground robotic complex purchased for the military by volunteers from Lithuania in Ukraine, on December 11, 2025.

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#13034215

28 November 2025

Veiled Iranian and foreign teenagers pray behind a cleric during the International Teenager Without Borders Festival in a prayer room in the Sarcheshmeh Complex in southern Tehran, Iran, on November 27, 2025. Teenagers from eleven countries--including Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Yemen, Lebanon, Iraq, Algeria, Russia, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, and Palestine--participate in an Instagram-based cultural and youth-focused event held in Tehran. This event is designed to bring together young people from diverse backgrounds to share creativity, dialogue, and artistic expression.

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#13034216

28 November 2025

Veiled Iranian and foreign teenagers line up to receive a meal during a break at the International Teenager Without Borders Festival in Sarcheshmeh Complex in southern Tehran, Iran, on November 27, 2025. Teenagers from eleven countries--including Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Yemen, Lebanon, Iraq, Algeria, Russia, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, and Palestine--participate in an Instagram-based cultural and youth-focused event held in Tehran, designed to bring together young people from diverse backgrounds to share creativity, dialogue, and artistic expression.

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28 November 2025

Veiled Iranian and foreign teenagers wait to receive a meal during a break at the International Teenager Without Borders Festival in Sarcheshmeh Complex in southern Tehran, Iran, on November 27, 2025. Teenagers from eleven countries--including Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Yemen, Lebanon, Iraq, Algeria, Russia, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, and Palestine--participate in an Instagram-based cultural and youth-focused event held in Tehran, designed to bring together young people from diverse backgrounds to share creativity, dialogue, and artistic expression.

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28 November 2025

Veiled Iranian and foreign teenagers wait to receive a meal during a break at the International Teenager Without Borders Festival in Sarcheshmeh Complex in southern Tehran, Iran, on November 27, 2025. Teenagers from eleven countries--including Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Yemen, Lebanon, Iraq, Algeria, Russia, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, and Palestine--participate in an Instagram-based cultural and youth-focused event held in Tehran, designed to bring together young people from diverse backgrounds to share creativity, dialogue, and artistic expression.

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#13034223

28 November 2025

Veiled Iranian and foreign teenagers line up to receive a meal during a break at the International Teenager Without Borders Festival in Sarcheshmeh Complex in southern Tehran, Iran, on November 27, 2025. Teenagers from eleven countries--including Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Yemen, Lebanon, Iraq, Algeria, Russia, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, and Palestine--participate in an Instagram-based cultural and youth-focused event held in Tehran, designed to bring together young people from diverse backgrounds to share creativity, dialogue, and artistic expression.

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#13034224

28 November 2025

Veiled Iranian and foreign teenagers stand together beneath religious flags while taking part in the International Teenager Without Borders Festival in Sarcheshmeh Complex in southern Tehran, Iran, on November 27, 2025. Teenagers from eleven countries--including Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Yemen, Lebanon, Iraq, Algeria, Russia, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, and Palestine--participate in an Instagram-based cultural and youth-focused event held in Tehran, designed to bring together young people from diverse backgrounds to share creativity, dialogue, and artistic expression.

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28 November 2025

Veiled Iranian and foreign teenagers sit together beneath religious flags while participating in the International Teenager Without Borders Festival in Sarcheshmeh Complex in southern Tehran, Iran, on November 27, 2025. Teenagers from eleven countries--including Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Yemen, Lebanon, Iraq, Algeria, Russia, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, and Palestine--participate in an Instagram-based cultural and youth-focused event held in Tehran, designed to bring together young people from diverse backgrounds to share creativity, dialogue, and artistic expression.

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#12983328

13 November 2025

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel stand guard at the High Court area in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on November 13, 2025, to maintain security on the day of a nationwide shutdown called by the banned Bangladesh Awami League.

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13 November 2025

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel stand guard at the High Court area in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on November 13, 2025, to maintain security on the day of a nationwide shutdown called by the banned Bangladesh Awami League.

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13 November 2025

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel stand guard at the High Court area in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on November 13, 2025, to maintain security on the day of a nationwide shutdown called by the banned Bangladesh Awami League.

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13 November 2025

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel stand guard at the High Court area in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on November 13, 2025, to maintain security on the day of a nationwide shutdown called by the banned Bangladesh Awami League.

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