Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Saturday that cross-border traffic and transactions between Iran and Pakistan had been temporarily suspended owing to technical problems.
"Owing to the occurrence of certain technical problems and the need to adopt precautionary measures, border traffic and transactions have been temporarily suspended," Baghaei said in an interview with the official news agency IRNA.
He added that authorities in both countries are in close contact and consulting to resolve the issue as soon as possible and restore normal operations at the border crossings.
Meanwhile, the deputy commissioner of Chagai district in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province said Saturday on social media that cross-border trade between Pakistan and Iran had been temporarily suspended for security reasons.
The official said the temporary closure of border trade was a stopgap measure aimed at strengthening border management and supporting counter-terrorism operations, adding that the border will reopen once effective measures are in place.
Iran-Pakistan border traffic, transactions temporarily suspended over "technical problems"
Iran-Pakistan border traffic, transactions temporarily suspended over "technical problems"
Iran-Pakistan border traffic, transactions temporarily suspended over "technical problems"
Russia said Saturday that its forces had taken control of eight more settlements in Ukraine, while Ukraine, on the same day, said it downed 1,396 Russian drones.
In a daily report, the Russian Defense Ministry said that over the 24 hours, the Russian forces seized eight Ukrainian settlements in areas including the Kharkiv region, and struck Ukrainian military transport infrastructure, drone storage sites, and temporary deployment points.
It also said that the Russian air defense systems downed 654 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones and a HIMARS rocket, and that Russia's Black Sea Fleet destroyed a Ukrainian naval unmanned boat in the Black Sea.
Meanwhile, Russia's Defense Ministry said that in the early hours of Saturday, Russian forces used high-precision land-, air-, and sea-based weapons and attack drones to launch large-scale strikes on metallurgical plants, transformer factories, and energy facilities in Ukraine's city of Kryvyi Rih, the Zaporizhzhia region, and the Zhytomyr region that provide support to the Ukrainian military.
The ministry also said the Russian forces struck a dry cargo ship transporting military supplies to Ukraine's Odesa port in the Black Sea.
Also on Saturday, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said that over the past day, Ukraine's air force, missile units, and artillery struck targets including Russian troop concentrations and drone command posts, destroying one Russian tank, two armored vehicles, and 1,396 drones, among other weapons and equipment.
The Ukrainian air force said Saturday that from Friday night to Saturday morning, its air defense forces intercepted 293 aerial targets, including four Kalibr cruise missiles and 289 drones of various types.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia used more than 320 drones and various types of missiles to attack Ukraine's energy facilities and multiple cities and communities, with more than 15 key power generation and transmission facilities across Ukraine being hit.
Zelensky said that Russia is trying to disrupt Ukraine's energy supply before winter and cause widespread power outages.
Russia claims seizing more Ukrainian settlements, Ukraine says downing 1396 Russian drones
