By John Lee. Three taxi drivers have reportedly been arrested on charges of transporting a group of Iranian prostitutes into Iraqi Kurdistan. Security forces told BasNews that they arrested the drivers at the Haji Omaran border crossing (pictured), between the Kurdistan Region and Iran. The women are said to be Iranian and Kurdish Iranian. (Source: […]
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Iran's Kurdistan Region Exports $416m Commodities to Iraq
By John Lee. The Customs Director of Iran's Kurdistan Province has said that $416-million worth of commodities have been exported to Iraq from this western province since the start of current Iranian year, March 20, 2012. Talking to the Iranian news agency IRNA, Mohammad Shahbazi said this represented an increase of 21 percent compared to […]
Haji Omaran Border Crossing Closes for New Year
An official from the Haji Omaran [Haj Omran, Haj Umran] Customs Office, 147 km northeast of Kurdish capital Erbil, said trade through the Haji Omaran border crossing will be suspended three days from March 21. The gate will, however, be open for the passage of the visitors from both Iran and the Kurdistan Region, Salam […]
Reopening of Sazan Border Crossing Abandoned
Halabja's deputy mayor said Iran has rejected reopening the Sazan border crossing, located near Halabja in Sulaimaniya province. In a statement to AKnews on Sunday, the deputy mayor, Goran Adham, quoted the Iranian consul to Sulaimaniya as saying that an Iranian committee visited the crossing and voiced their reluctance to open the gate again. All […]
Kurdistan Imports 400 Generators from Iran
AKnews reports that 400 electrical generators have been imported from Iran. Salam Arab, the director of the customs department at Haji Omaran (pictured) , told AKnews that since the beginning of 2010 some 400 full-size electricity generators have been imported into the Region. He added most electronic equipments are imported from Iran, not Turkey, because […]