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…
Iran has tightened restrictions on travel through western borders with Iraq as authorities struggle to prevent another surge in coronavirus cases in…
Middle East Monitor – The Iraqi Joint Operations Command yesterday announced that the Basra Operations Command will control the Shalamcheh border crossing…
IRNA – The Iraqi Border Crossing office announced the reopening of the Soomar-Mandeli border in the presence of Iraqi prime minster Mustafa…
Reuters – An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck the Iran-Iraq border region on Wednesday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ)…
ISNA – Border Ports Authority of Iraq announced that it will reopen three border crossings with the Islamic Republic of Iran. The…
The New York Times | Alissa J. Rubin: Iran has one of the world’s largest concentrations of the coronavirus. Iraq has had…
IRNA – Iraq closed its Shoushmi border with Iran’s Kermanshah province on Tuesday morning as part of efforts to control the spread…
Reuters – Iraq has extended an entry ban for any non-Iraqis coming from Iran, the prime minister said, as authorities in Tehran…
MNA – Khosravi border, in the western Iranian province of Kermanshah, was reopened on Sunday to ease the commute of pilgrims who…
Reuters – Iraq on Saturday closed its Sheeb border crossing with Iran to travelers and trade until further notice, Iraqi security sources…
MNA |Mohsen Norouzifard: The members of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, headed by its chairman Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh paid a visit…
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…
MNA – A storm has hit the western border areas with Iraq, forcing the Arbaeen pilgrims heading towards Iraq to redirect their…
Al-Monitor | Shaghayegh Rostampour: A mother covers her daughter’s mouth and nose with her headscarf as they rush through the heavy smog…
MNA – A security official at provisional governor office of western province of Kurdistan has said that Iran will close all the…
Tasnim – Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) has performed over 970 sorties in Iranian and Iraqi border region…
MNA – Iranian interior minister has signed the second cooperation document with the UNICEF to demine the border areas between Iran and…
MNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has sent a letter to Foreign Ministry, tasking the body to seriously follow the case of…
Press TV – Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has smashed a terror outfit and killed three terrorists in the west of…
IRNA – The Islamic Republic of Iran Consulate General in Erbil, Iraq, announced in a statement on Sunday that Baghdad has closed…
Reuters – An earthquake jolted the Iran-Iraq border region on Thursday at around 10 a.m. (0700 GMT), causing some panic in Baghdad…
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…
IRNA /ARMENPRESS – The Seismic Protection Service of the ministry of emergency situations detected a 7.2 magnitude earthquake on the Iranian-Iraqi border,…
FNA- Iranian Border Guards Commander Brigadier General Qassem Rezayee and his and Iraqi counterpart General Hamid Abdullah Ibrahim in a meeting in…
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani called for efforts to put an agreement between Tehran…
MEHRAN (Tasnim) – Thousands of pilgrims have gathered at Iran-Iraq joint border crossings to obtain visas ahead of Arbaeen, one of the…
Zahedan, Sistan-Baluchestan Prov, Jan 20, IRNA – Head of the Iraqi border terminals said reduced trade relations in western borders of 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 Interior Minister Mohammed Salem al-Ghabban says there is no major security problem along his country’s border with Iran, adding that Iraq’s…
TEHRAN (FNA)- Lieutenant Commander of the Iranian Army’s Ground Force Brigadier General Kioumars Heidari reiterated full control over the country’s borders, and…
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Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli says Iran’s western regions bordering the crisis-stricken Iraq are fully safe and secure. “Complete security is…