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Officials have pointed to the number of camels on the roads of Sistan and Baluchestan Province, bordering Afghanistan and Pakistan, causing damages, accidents and losses to residents as the reason for the licence plate plan.

Mohammad-Sharif Khaleqinia, the secretary of Iranian Central Task Force to Combat the Smuggling of Commodities and Currency in Sistan and Baluchestan Province told IRNA: 'We are going to give identity cards to 35,000 camels during the first phase of issuing licence plates for them.'

'And 95,000 animals have been given licence plates since the beginning of the new Iranian year.

When the camels are involved in car accidents in the country, there is no way of tracing them. 

The authorities want to introduce the number plates so that owners can contacted if their camel is involved in an incident. 

Another aim of the scheme, according to IFP News, is to give Iranians more or a feel of responsibility to the animals in a bid to resolve the issues surrounding trafficking in the country.