The head of the council of Meisan district in southern Iraq threatened that if the Shaib border crossing with Iran is not reopened by Thursday, that district will engage in civil disobedience and cut off its connection with other areas of Iraq.

The head of the council of Meisan district in southern Iraq threatened that if the Shaib border crossing with Iran is not reopened by Thursday, that district will engage in civil disobedience and cut off its connection with other areas of Iraq.

On Sunday, October 25, Mustafa Adir Mohammadawi said at a protest gathering of truck drivers near this crossing: "We declare civil disobedience, we will close all the roads and separate the province from the body of Iraq, if our demand is not met."

Shib Pass in Maysan Province in Iraq, on the Iranian side is known as Chadaba and is located in Khuzestan Province.

On October 20, the Iraqi government ordered the closure of this crossing until further notice. This decision faced a protest by drivers and economic activists of Maysan district.

The head of the Maysan Council says that the livelihood of about four thousand people depends on the activity of this transition. According to the Iraqi media, his threat of secession was raised in the context of declaring civil disobedience and blocking the district's lines of communication with other areas of Iraq.

IRNA