{"id":86762,"date":"2026-11-08T07:28:31","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T12:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=86762"},"modified":"2026-11-08T07:28:56","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T12:28:56","slug":"us-asked-iraq-to-close-border-crossings-with-iran-foreign-minister-fuad-hussein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=86762","title":{"rendered":"<h2><b>US asked Iraq to close border crossings with Iran &#8212; Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein<\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"item-summary\">\n<figure class=\"item-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" title=\"US asked Iraq to close border crossings with Iran: FM Hussein\" src=\"https:\/\/media.mehrnews.com\/d\/2024\/11\/08\/3\/5240317.jpg?ts=1731031690372\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, (min-width: 769px) 1200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.mehrnews.com\/d\/2024\/11\/08\/1\/5240317.jpg?ts=1731031690372 600w, https:\/\/media.mehrnews.com\/d\/2024\/11\/08\/2\/5240317.jpg?ts=1731031690372 900w, https:\/\/media.mehrnews.com\/d\/2024\/11\/08\/3\/5240317.jpg?ts=1731031690372 1200w, https:\/\/media.mehrnews.com\/d\/2024\/11\/08\/3\/5240317.jpg?ts=1731031690372 1800w\" alt=\"US asked Iraq to close border crossings with Iran: FM Hussein\" width=\"100%\" height=\"400\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"summary introtext\">TEHRAN, Nov. 07 (MNA) \u2013 Fuad Hussein, Iraq\u2019s foreign minister, said the United States had asked Baghdad to close all border crossings shared with Iran, except for two.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item-body\">\n<div class=\"item-text\">\n<p>Spaking to al-Jazeera, Fuad Husseiin on Saturday, Fuad Hussein said that Washington had asked Baghdad to close all border crossings shared with Iran, except for two. This comes after the US failures in its military campaign and naval blockade against Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>The Al-Sheib border crossing in Iraq, known as Chazabeh on the Iranian side, has been closed since the morning of Wednesday, October 21, 2026, by order of the Iraqi government led by Prime Minister Ali Faleh al-Zaidi. As a result, both passenger traffic and the movement of commercial goods through the crossing have been suspended.<\/p>\n<p>Eighteen days after the closure, protests in Iraq\u2019s Maysan province are continuing. Reports indicate that today\u2019s gathering of protesters also escalated into tensions and clashes.<\/p>\n<p>Iraq\u2019s foreign minister said the current situation points to the possibility of renewed military conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Hussein also said Iraq had suffered losses of approximately $60 billion following the suspension of oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p>MNA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>____<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.mehrnews.com\/news\/249221\/US-asked-Iraq-to-close-border-crossings-with-Iran-FM-Hussein\">https:\/\/en.mehrnews.com\/news\/249221\/US-asked-Iraq-to-close-border-crossings-with-Iran-FM-Hussein<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86762"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86764,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86762\/revisions\/86764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}