Reuters - Iraq partially reopened its southern Shalamcheh border crossing with Iran on Tuesday after more than three months of closure to combat the spread of the new coronavirus, border officials said. The crossing was being opened only for the trade of foodstuffs, allowing in some 500 trucks from Iran per week and would open every Wednesday and ...

MNA After over 50 days, the Iraqi officials voiced readiness to reopen the Shalamcheh border crossing in Basra province (southern Iraq) in the upcoming week. The deputy director of the Shalamcheh border crossing in Basra province Adnan Abdullah told Iraqi media that after joint meetings with the Coronavirus Combat Headquarter of the country, the ...

Reuters - Iraqs southern border with Iran reopened to travelers on Saturday after a week-long closure during mass protests in both countries, the Iraqi border ports commission said in a statement. It did not give a reason for the decision. The Shalamcheh crossing near the southern city of Basra was shut to travelers after a request from Iran ...

Reuters - Iraq closed its southern Shalamcheh border crossing with Iran to travellers from both countries on Saturday, an Iraqi security source and an Iranian diplomat said. The security source said Tehran had demanded the closure because of ongoing public protests in both Iran and Iraq. The border would remain shut until further notice but would ...

IRNA -- Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani said that infrastructures of the Iraqi borders need special attention for organizing movement of Arbaeen pilgrims. Speaking at the meeting of Arbaeen Headquarters in Shalamche Border Terminal on Friday, he said that despite sanctions, big jobs, including transportation,...

IRNA - Special Governor of Khorramshahr said number of foreign pilgrims of Arbaeen, who had departed for Iraq last week in Shalamcheh border, has hit 36,000. 'Foreign pilgrims commute has accelerated from the international border of Shalamcheh, showing an increase of 40% compared to last year,' Valiollah Hayati said. Hayati pointed to the establishment ...

Abadan, Khuzestan Prov., Dec 31, IRNA Head of IRI Customs Administration Masoud Karbasian stressed on the settlement of disputes between Arvand Free Zone and Shalamcheh border terminal on the management and sovereignty of the zone. Inspecting the passenger and export terminal at Shalamcheh border on Wednesday, he said if the zone is developed the ...