A reporter's question to Bagai: An Iraqi member of parliament announced that closing the country's borders with Iran was not just an internal decision, but was carried out following direct pressure and threats from the United States. I wanted to know Tehran's reaction to these positions. Foreign Ministry spokesman: We stated in the past that it is clear to us that the US is using any tool to harm Iran's relations with its neighbors. In principle, regardless of the effectiveness of such actions by the United States, one of their clear goals is to disrupt the friendly relations between Iran and neighboring countries. The Americans are well aware that there are strong ties between the people of Iran and the residents of the neighboring countries, and they cannot create a rift in these ties with these actions. The governments of the region are also aware of these developments. We will make every effort, and we know that this understanding also exists in neighboring countries, that we must not allow pressures from outside the region to disrupt the economic, commercial and popular interactions between Iran and its neighbors.