Iranian citizen detained after illegally crossing Armenian-Turkish border
16:18, 23 September 2017
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 23, ARMENPRESS. An Iranian citizen has been arrested after illegally crossing the Armenian-Turkish border. ARMENPRESS managed to receive an information confirmation and that the incident took place on September 22.
Recently an unknown border-trespasser has been arrested by Russian border guards in the Artashat border detachment’s territory, near Yeghegnavan village, Armenia. The trespasser has been identified as a 45 year old Turkish citizen. The trespasser has said that he is a shepherd from Gedikli village, Igdir province. He said he was forced to cross the border in order to find a livestock which went lose from the herd.