Iran closes borders with Iraq in run-up to Shia mourning days
Iran has tightened restrictions on travel through western borders with Iraq as authorities struggle to prevent another surge in coronavirus cases in…
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Iraq army to control border crossings with Iran, Kuwait
Middle East Monitor – The Iraqi Joint Operations Command yesterday announced that the Basra Operations Command will control the Shalamcheh border crossing…
Iraq reopens border crossing with Iran
IRNA – The Iraqi Border Crossing office announced the reopening of the Soomar-Mandeli border in the presence of Iraqi prime minster Mustafa…
Magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits Iran-Iraq border region – GFZ
Reuters – An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck the Iran-Iraq border region on Wednesday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ)…
Iraq to reopen 3 border crossings with Iran
ISNA – Border Ports Authority of Iraq announced that it will reopen three border crossings with the Islamic Republic of Iran. The…
At the Iranian border, Iraqis try to keep a virus from entering
The New York Times | Alissa J. Rubin: Iran has one of the world’s largest concentrations of the coronavirus. Iraq has had…
Iraq closes Shoushmi border with Iran
IRNA – Iraq closed its Shoushmi border with Iran’s Kermanshah province on Tuesday morning as part of efforts to control the spread…
Iraq extends ban on border crossings by Iranians
Reuters – Iraq has extended an entry ban for any non-Iraqis coming from Iran, the prime minister said, as authorities in Tehran…
Khosravi border reopened for Arbaeen pilgrims
MNA – Khosravi border, in the western Iranian province of Kermanshah, was reopened on Sunday to ease the commute of pilgrims who…
Iraq closes border crossing with Iran due to floods: sources
Reuters – Iraq on Saturday closed its Sheeb border crossing with Iran to travelers and trade until further notice, Iraqi security sources…
Photos: Iranian MPs visit border post, patrol bases
MNA |Mohsen Norouzifard: The members of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, headed by its chairman Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh paid a visit…
Earthquake of magnitude 6.3 strikes Iran-Iraq border
Press TV – Over 550 people have been injured in a strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake in western Iran, also felt in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. According…
Storm with 75 km/h winds ravage Iran-Iraq border areas
MNA – A storm has hit the western border areas with Iraq, forcing the Arbaeen pilgrims heading towards Iraq to redirect their…
Wildfires ravage marshlands on Iran-Iraq border
Al-Monitor | Shaghayegh Rostampour: A mother covers her daughter’s mouth and nose with her headscarf as they rush through the heavy smog…
Iran to shut border crossings with KRG Sun. as Iraqi Kurds hold elections
MNA – A security official at provisional governor office of western province of Kurdistan has said that Iran will close all the…
IRGC aerial operation underway to put down Hour Al-Azim wetland wildfire
Tasnim – Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) has performed over 970 sorties in Iranian and Iraqi border region…
Iran, UNICEF sign document on mine clearance at Iran-Iraq border
MNA – Iranian interior minister has signed the second cooperation document with the UNICEF to demine the border areas between Iran and…
Rouhani orders Foreign Ministry to follow-up Hour al-Azim wildfire case in Iraq
MNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has sent a letter to Foreign Ministry, tasking the body to seriously follow the case of…
IRGC busts terror outfit, kills three terrorists near Iraq border
Press TV – Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has smashed a terror outfit and killed three terrorists in the west of…
Iraq closes three unofficial border crossings with Iran
IRNA – The Islamic Republic of Iran Consulate General in Erbil, Iraq, announced in a statement on Sunday that Baghdad has closed…
Earthquake hits Iran-Iraq border region, felt in Baghdad
Reuters – An earthquake jolted the Iran-Iraq border region on Thursday at around 10 a.m. (0700 GMT), causing some panic in Baghdad…
After Iran-Iraq earthquake, seismologists work to fill in fault map of the region
The Conversation – With a magnitude of 7.3, the Nov. 12, 2017 earthquake that shook the border region between Iran and Iraq is among the…
Iranian-Iraqi border earthquake felt in Armenia
IRNA /ARMENPRESS – The Seismic Protection Service of the ministry of emergency situations detected a 7.2 magnitude earthquake on the Iranian-Iraqi border,…
Iran, Iraq stress reinforcing border guards
FNA- Iranian Border Guards Commander Brigadier General Qassem Rezayee and his and Iraqi counterpart General Hamid Abdullah Ibrahim in a meeting in…
Iran urges implementation of border security deal with Iraq
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani called for efforts to put an agreement between Tehran…
Photos: Iran-Iraq border crossings witnessing high number of pilgrims ahead of Arbaeen
MEHRAN (Tasnim) – Thousands of pilgrims have gathered at Iran-Iraq joint border crossings to obtain visas ahead of Arbaeen, one of the…
Rise in Iraq’s trade with Iran
Zahedan, Sistan-Baluchestan Prov, Jan 20, IRNA – Head of the Iraqi border terminals said reduced trade relations in western borders of Iraq…
Shamkhani hails high security of Arbaeen ceremony in Iraq
Tehran, Dec 15, IRNA – Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani on Monday hailed security of the Arbaeen mourning…
Iraq’s border with Iran fully secure: Iraqi interior minister
Iraq’s Interior Minister Mohammed Salem al-Ghabban says there is no major security problem along his country’s border with Iran, adding that Iraq’s…
Commander: No threat posed to Iran from Iraq
TEHRAN (FNA)- Lieutenant Commander of the Iranian Army’s Ground Force Brigadier General Kioumars Heidari reiterated full control over the country’s borders, and…
Iran’s Rouhani: Nuclear deal possible by July 20 with goodwill
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: Iran’s Rouhani says ready to aid Iraq, nuclear deal by July…
Iran border with Iraq fully secure: Interior Minister
Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli says Iran’s western regions bordering the crisis-stricken Iraq are fully safe and secure. “Complete security is…