🔶 "The opposition of Iraq, Pakistan and Turkey to the US request to close their borders with Iran".
The "New York Times" published on Wednesday, November 11 (Evan 20), citing three Iraqi officials and an American official, reported that the efforts of the United States government for several weeks to convince Iraq, Turkey and Pakistan to close the border crossings with Iran were unsuccessful.
According to the New York Times, Iran's neighboring governments are concerned about economic damage and possible unrest caused by the suspension of border trade.
According to the report of this publication, in weekly negotiations with the Iraqi authorities, the US requested the closure of all border crossings of this country with Iran, with the exception of two crossings, but Baghdad rejected this request.
Turkey has largely refused to change its border policy, and Pakistan has restricted the operation of several crossings in recent weeks.