Al-Thawra: Third border center between Iraq, Iran

An Iraqi official announced on Monday that his country has completed all preparations to open a third border center between Iraq and Iran. He stressed that Iraq informed the Iranian side its readiness to receive trucks through this new border center.

The Iraqi daily al-Thawra quoted the director general of the Iraqi land transport Yahya Khuder al-Ani as saying that the "company has completed all measures and preparations for the transport movement between Iraq and Iran through Zerbateyah border center." He added that the company has provided all work requirements in that new center of offices and working staff to run it. He continued that the company had notified the Iranian side its readiness to received the Iranian trucks through all border crossings between the two countries, including Zerbateyah crossing for good transport between the two countries and transit transport.

There are also other two border crossing between Iraq and Iran. They at al-Munzereyah and al-Shalamja.

Al-Ani stressed that "the company will very soon complete its preparations to open its office at Arar crossing on the Iraqi- Saudi borders which is expected to be opened within few days to transport goods between Iraq and Saudi Arabia."

In June, a UN official stressed that the UN has reached an agreement with Iraq on reopening Arar border center.