By John Lee. Iraq and Iran have signed four agreements and memoranda of understanding (MoUs) covering transport, rail, municipal ties, and public administration, during a ceremony in Tehran. According to the Prime Minister's Office, the signing was witnessed by Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. The agreements were signed on the Iraqi […]
By John Lee. A plan to export Iraqi crude oil by truck to Iran has reportedly been postponed due to security concerns. Under the oil-swap agreement, Iraq was to export 60,000 bpd of crude oil by truck from Kirkuk to Iran’s Kermanshah refinery (pictured), and ship back refined Iranian oil for southern Iraq. Hamid Hosseini, […]
In the Iranian first half-year (starting March 21) $443 million [530 billion Iraqi dinars] worth of goods were exported to Iraq through border crossings in Iran’s Kermanshah Province. ISNA news agency cited a report by Kermanshah Customs Administration stating that the exported items included cement, fish, dairy products, vegetables, fruit, and confectionary and aluminum retainers. […]
