A Study of the Factors That Have an Effect on the Performance of Religious and Ethnic Groups in Internal Security of Sistan and Baluchistan

Sistan and Baluchistan Province is a border province in the East of Iran that employs a particular political, cultural, social and geopolitical context affected by geographical and environmental, political, cultural and security across the two sides of the border with protection and provocation on the part of regional and transregional aliens which affects the performance of ethnic and religious groups in this Province, instigating insecurities in these regions. Therefore, using an analyticaldescriptive methodology, this article tries to analyze the factors that have an effect upon the performance religious-ethnic groups in Saravan County, a sensitive border county in this Province. The findings in this research indicate that from among various factors effective on the performance of religious-ethnic groups in the internal security of Saravan County, “the geographical and environmental factors” have higher average, with social-cultural factors (with emphasis on security conditions) having lower average. As for the extent to which these factors are effective in the internal security of Sistan and Baluchistan, the social and cultural factors (with emphasis on economic conditions), have higher average and the geographical and environmental factors have lower average in terms of having effects.