A border crossing between Iran and Iraq, which is due to be used by hundreds of ...
FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators gather as they take part in a protest over unemployment, corruption and poor public services, in Baghdad, Iraq October 2, 2019. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani
A senior Iranian pilgrimage official told state television that the Khosravi border crossing was closed, but other crossings were open ahead of the pilgrimage in the southern Iraqi city of Kerbala. The state news agency IRNA said the Chazabeh crossing, which had been closed late on Wednesday, had reopened.
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