Iraqi representative: closing common borders with Iran was under direct pressure from America Saud al-Saadi, Iraqi parliament member: closing Iraq's borders with Iran was not an entirely internal decision, but was made under direct pressure and threats from the United States. The process of political and security developments in Iraq and Syria is planned and managed by American agents and designers. The media associated with the Western-Arab axis tries to present the decisions dictated from outside as a national and local demand.