EghtesadOnline: Iran has reopened all its border crossings with Iraq’s Kurdish region, foreign ministry spokesman, Bahram Qasemi, said on Monday, after their closure over a controversial independence vote.
EghtesadOnline: Iran is to reopen the Parvizkhan border crossing with the Iraqi Kurdistan Region after three weeks of closure following the Sept. 25 referendum, a Kurdish official announced on Sunday.
EghtesadOnline: Iran’s Ministry of Roads and Urban Development has warned companies against shipment of oil products to and from the Iraqi Kurdistan “until further notice,” Iranian news agencies reported on Saturday.
EghtesadOnline: The National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company in Kurdestan Province has exported more than 42 million liters of diesel to Iraqi Kurdistan region over the past year, the head of the company said.
EghtesadOnline: Iranian foreign ministry spokesman says the Islamic Republic of Iran welcomes domestic negotiations between Baghdad and Erbil.
EghtesadOnline: Authorities in the autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan have opposed exporting oil from the northern fields of Kirkuk via Iran, marking their first escalation of a spat which has started with secessionist calls.
EghtesadOnline: Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi said the unified, stable and democratic Iraq will guarantee Iraqi people’s interests.
EghtesadOnline: Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has no choice but to reach agreement with the Iraqi government, Kurdish Lawmaker Amin Bakr has said.
EghtesadOnline: A senior archaeologist said a huge amount of Iranian archaeological works have been discovered in the Iraqi Kurdistan province of Dohok.
EghtesadOnline: Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani said on Sunday that Iraqi Kurdistan Administration must ensure border security with the Islamic Republic of Iran.