Kurdistan

TEHRAN, May 20 (MNA) – Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council emphasized the need to develop economic ties alongside political relations with Iraq’s Kurdistan Region.

EghtesadOnline: About 8.1 million tons of goods worth $3.8 billion were exported from Iran to Iraq through the Iraqi Kurdistan Region during the last fiscal year that ended on March 19, according to the spokesman of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration.

EghtesadOnline: Sheikh Saleh border crossing in the central district of Salas-e Babajani County, Kermanshah Province, is set to reopen on April 30, spokesperson of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration, Rouhollah Latifi, has said.

EghtesadOnline: Direct flights between Sulaymaniyah in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region and Iran's southern Kish Island have been launched, the director general of Kish Airports Company announced.

EghtesadOnline: Natural gas grid in western Kurdistan Province has expanded 300 kilometers over the past five months, managing director of the provincial gas company said.