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 ...
MNA Paying a visit to Khosravi border in the western Kermanshah province on Tuesday, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs, Abbas Araghchi announced that the joint border with Iraq will be re-opened after some existing security concerns end.
As he informed, the issue is being investigated by Iranian military, security and information ...
IRNA Iraq's border guards commander described Iran's demand for reopening Khosravi border crossing as legitimate.
Major General Hamid Abdullah Ibrahim Al-hosseini said Iraq believed that reopening Khosravi border crossing will reduce the load on Mehran border crossing.
The crossing was closed last November after the Iraqi officials said they ...
TEHRAN August 9 (Shana)--Irans Exports Development Bank (IEDB) is to finance a project for energy transit to neighboring Iraq.
The project, which involves construction of 400-kilovolt electricity line, is estimated to cost 37 million dollars plus IRR 471 billion.
The electricity transmission line would be 189 kilometers long, stretching from Bisotoun ...
Qasr-e-Shirin, Kermanshah prov., Feb 13, IRNA - Bodies of two Iranian technicians who were martyred in a terrorist attack in Iraqs eastern province of Diyala in December 2013 were handed over to Iran via Khosravi borderpoint on Thursday, a local official said.
Deputy Governor of this western province Nematollah Nazparvardeh told IRNA that the two ...