Iran-Iraqi Kurdistan Relations

As many as 250 trucks from Iran cross into Iraq through northern border crossings (into the Iraqi Kurdistan) on a daily basis, mostly carrying food products and construction materials while…

Some 228,000 tons of commodities worth $271 million were exported via Tamarchin border crossing, located in Piranshahr County in West Azarbaijan Province, during the two months to May 20 to…

About 8.1 million tons of goods worth $3.8 billion were exported from Iran to Iraq through the Iraqi Kurdistan Region during the last fiscal year that ended on March 19, according to the…

Trucks have been banned from using the border crossings of Parvizkhan and Bashmaq until further notice due to the long lines of vehicles waiting there to cross into Iraqi Kurdistan, says Mohsen…

Sheikh Saleh border crossing in the central district of Salas-e Babajani County, Kermanshah Province, is set to reopen on April 30, spokesperson of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs…

Between 700 and 800 trucks carrying Iranian goods cross the Iraqi Kurdistan border from Iran per day, says the secretary-general of Iran-Iraq Chamber of Commerce, Hamid Hosseini, IBENA reported…

Iran has extended visa waivers for residents of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. Darsim Tahseen, the head of Public Relations Department at Haji Omaran International Gate Complex, confirmed to…

Direct flights between Sulaymaniyah in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region and Iran's southern Kish Island have been launched, the director general of Kish Airports Company announced.

A business delegation from Halabja in Iraqi Kurdistan was expected to visit Iran’s western Kermanshah Province starting Wednesday, announced the head of Kermanshah Chamber of Commerce,…

The Export Guarantee Fund of Iran and Iraq’s Kurdish Regional Government signed a memorandum of understanding based on which a credit line worth $200 million will be opened for traders exporting…

Iran has put four major areas on its agenda for cooperation with the Kurdistan region of Iraq, namely creating free trade zones, establishing industrial towns, developing medical tourism and…

Iran should use all its resources to get a bigger share of trade in the Iraqi Kurdish region, as it has an important status and can serve as a safe conduit for expansion into neighboring markets…

Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif spotlighted Iran’s reliability as a business partner during his visit to Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan on Tuesday.  “We assert that we are a very reliable…

Iran’s foreign minister will visit the Kurdistan Region during a trip to Iraq that is aimed at boosting economic ties, a diplomat announced. “Mohammed Javad Zarif, within the framework of his…

Tehran should intensify diplomatic efforts to mend strained relations with the Iraqi Kurdish region given its strategic importance, particularly now that sanctions are weighing on the Iranian…

The construction of an industrial city will soon start near Parvizkhan Border Checkpoint between Iran and Iraqi Kurdistan.

“The industrial city, to be constructed on a 125-hectare plot,…

Bashmaq border crossing in the western Kurdestan Province’s Marivan County will be closed on June 15, at the request of the officials of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr…

Iran’s consul general in Iraqi Kurdistan said Monday a system of electronic visa has been launched to ease the application process for Iran-bound Iraqi Kurds.

The Iraqi Kurdistan Region and Iran are in the process of expanding trade relations on a long-term basis, the prime minister of the Kurdish region said on Wednesday.

The fourth joint…