Pakistan reopened the Gabd-Rimdan border crossing with Iran on Saturday morning to resume trade activities. Located in the Gwadar district, the crossing connects Gabd in Pakistan to Rimdan in Iran's Sistan province.
The facility, also known as Gate 250, was officially inaugurated in 2020. The Ministry of Commerce withdrew a trade order on 3 October with immediate effect and had previously suspended trade at both the Gabd-Rimdan and Taftan crossings on 17 October.
Border officials cleared commercial consignments that held a consignment note dated 16 October or earlier. Additional forces have been deployed to protect trade convoys along the 909-km border shared between Balochistan and Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan province.
Unidentified gunmen targeted a backlog of freight vehicles near the closed crossing on Thursday, setting dozens of trucks ablaze and damaging several others. "Pakistan has opened the border with Iran at Gabd-Rimdan this morning and allowed trucks and other vehicles to move toward Iran and Pakistan with import and export goods," said Mir Naveed Jan Kalmati.
Field Marshal Asim Munir visited Tehran recently.
