Reuters - Two border crossings between Iran and Iraq, including one due to be used by hundreds of thousands of Shia Muslim worshippers at an annual pilgrimage this month, have been closed because of unrest in Iraq, Irans border guards said on Thursday. Anti-government protests have turned violent in recent days in Iraq, with at least 18 people reported ...

Ahwaz, Khuzestan prov., Jan 12, IRNA - Some 853,000 tons of commodities, worth $142.4 million, were exported from Chazabeh border point in this southern province to Iraq in the three quarters of the year (started on March 21), a local official said here on Monday. Talking to IRNA, Governor of Dasht-e Azadegan Abdolrahim Nateqi said that the figure ...