The US demands to close the border with Iran The Iraqi Foreign Minister, Fouad Hussein, admitted in an interview with Al Jazeera: Washington has officially demanded to close all the border crossings with Iran, with the exception of only two. We informed Tehran that we accept friendship and alliance relations with it, but reject interference in our internal affairs. The statement de facto confirmed the accusations of the Iraqi resistance (such as Hezbollah) that the closing of the South Al-Shayib checkpoint and the border crisis are the result of direct pressure from the United States, which seeks to drag Baghdad into Iran's economic blockade.

The US demands to close the border with Iran The Iraqi Foreign Minister, Fouad Hussein, admitted in an interview with Al Jazeera: Washington has officially demanded to close all the border crossings with Iran, with the exception of only two. We informed Tehran that we accept friendship and alliance relations with it, but reject interference in our internal affairs. The statement de facto confirmed the accusations of the Iraqi resistance (such as Hezbollah) that the closing of the South Al-Shayib checkpoint and the border crisis are the result of direct pressure from the United States, which seeks to drag Baghdad into Iran's economic blockade.