Iran says the 25 men killed on the borders this year are names added to the overall list of some 13,000 “martyrs” killed over the years.
A member of Iranian Border Guards wears a protective face mask, following an outbreak of the new coronavirus, inside the Shalamcha Border Crossing, after Iraq shut a border crossing to travellers between Iraq and Iran, Iraq March 8, 2020(photo credit: REUTERS/ESSAM AL-SUDANI)BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
