Iran has shut its border with Iraqi Kurdistan in response to its independence referendum, the foreign ministry said Monday. “At the request of the Iraqi government, we have closed our land and air borders” with Iraqi Kurdistan, foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi said at a press conference. The referendum is ...
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Sunday that the updated US travel ban was “even more offensive.” “Trump’s fake empathy for Iranians rings ever more hollow, with his new and even more offensive travel ban against such outstanding citizens,” Zarif posted on Twitter. Earlier on Sunday, the White House ...