EghtesadOnline: A joint meeting for surveying commercial opportunities between Iran and Basra was held in the southern Iraqi province on Sunday and Monday in the presence of Iranian Ambassador to Iraq Iraj Masjedi and Basra ’s Governor General Asaad Al Eidani.

EghtesadOnline: Shalamcheh border crossing, which connects Iran’s southwestern Khuzestan Province to Basra in Iraq, is open and operating normally, Iranian and Iraqi officials said in reaction to reports claiming that the border crossing was closed following the recent unrest in Basra .