Iran has reopened the two remaining land gates with the Kurdistan Region it had closed more than two months ago after Kurdistan’s vote for independence.
Tehran closed the Parviz Khan and Bashmakh border crossing located in Sulaimani province and Haji Omaran in Erbil province in mid-October at the request of the Iraqi government after the KRG’s referendum.
Referring to the importance of the customs border for the economic activities and livelihoods of the inhabitants of the area, the official added that Parviz Khan border gate is considered the second largest customs clearance of the country in the field of foreign transit, and plays a very important role in exports and business of residents of border regions, in particular economic activists in these areas.
