Iran announces the closure of the land border with Iraq

The Iranian Ministry of Interior announced the closure of the land border with Iraq until further notice.

The Iranian Ministry of Interior said that “the land borders with Iraq have been closed until further notice due to the developments in the security situation in this country,” calling on those wishing to visit Iraq not to go to the land borders.

The Iranian Ministry of Interior had called, earlier today, “Iranian citizens not to travel to Iraq until further notice, and that it will work to return Iranian visitors to the country safely.”

For its part, the Iranian embassy in Baghdad asked “Iranian visitors who are in Najaf and Karbala to perform the Arbaeen visit not to roam in Baghdad and Samarra until further notice due to the developments of events in Iraq,” according to the Iranian Mehr Agency.

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