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[3] Malaria since 2009, Iran, with 10 other countries entered the malaria pre-elimination program with the technical support from the World Health Organization. [5] According to the report of Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education, the annual number of malaria cases have been reduced from 12,294 in 2000 to 787 in 2012, 366 cases in 2014 and only 150 cases report in 2015, indicating the sharp decline of disease, and now approaching the ultimate goal of disease elimination, which has led World Health Organization to categorize Iran in the elimination phase. [6] Malaria incidence had significant reduction during last years in Iran, but still there are challenges, because cross-border movement of population from malaria-endemic countries particularly Pakistan and Afghanistan, the expansion of local transmission, especially in areas affected by border travelling is very worrying and is poses a serious challenge for achieving malaria elimination in Iran.