TABNAK, Dec 10: According to the commander of Iran's Border Guards Police, Brigadier General Ahmad Ali Goudarzi, the border closure plan includes southeastern region along with Hangeh-ye Zhal border in Baneh, bordering West Azerbaijan Province of northwest Iran.
He detailed that the plan to close the borders would be finalized within a timeframe of three to five years, incurring a cost of three billion euros.
He stressed that the new law designed to regulate border exchanges necessitates coordination with the Iraqi government and the Iraqi Kurdistan Region to facilitate the reopening of border crossings and markets in Kurdistan province.
“We need to persuade the Iraqi side to open the border crossings and to set a specific time and place for the importation of goods across the border,” he added.