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Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Sunday they have deployed troops along the border with Azerbaijan and Armenia, following stray fire from the fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh, AFP reported.
"Units of (the Guards) ground forces have been dispatched to and stationed in the region," their commander Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour said, quoted by state news agency IRNA.
Their mission was "to protect national interests and maintain peace and security".
Pakpour said Iran respects its neighbours' territorial integrity but that "any shift in border geopolitics is the Islamic Republic of Iran's red line".
The commander visited the border county of Khoda Afarin on Saturday, the Guards' website Sepahnews reported.
Khoda Afrin and nearby villages have reportedly been hit by stray cross-border mortar fire.
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