Intruders to Iran Arrested

(Pakistan) From the Quetta News section of The Frontier Post comes this intriguing report, reproduced verbatim.

Iranian law enforcing agencies have arrested 15 Pakistani and 8 Bengali on Friday when they entered Iran with out legal documents. According to details Iranian border security forces arrested 15 Pakistanis and 8 Bengalis while they were trespassing into Iranian territory with out any travelling documents. The Iranian security forces pushed them back into Pakistani territory where Pakistan Levies arrested them. The Levies handed over them to FIA for further investigation.

And from the PakTribune, here's a similar report.

QUETTA, June 23 (Online): Iranian security forces have arrested 106 Pakistani on Thursday when they entered Iran with out legal documents.

In each case, the intruders were turned over to Pakistani law enforcers. In total, 129 people tried to enter Iran without proper documents and were refused.

These two instances involve easily a couple of packed busloads of people and, as such, one has to wonder where they were going and for what purpose. The reports are lacking much information, such as the ages of the travelers and whether they were families or single men or pilgrims. The only thing we know is that the Iranian border police wouldn't let them into the country.

Since the Pakistani press thought these two stories were worthy of reporting, I think they are worthy of asking a question. So, what's going on? I suspect there's a simple explanation and I'll look like a fool for asking.

Companion post at In The Bullpen.