EghtesadOnline: Two border markets of Shoushmi in Paveh and Tilko at Sar-e-Pol Zahab, which were closed by Iraq following last year’s independence referendum vote in Iraqi Kurdistan region, will reopen within two months, the provincial governor of the western province of Kermanshah said.

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s Kurdish lawmaker Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh said closing the country’s border with the Iraqi Kurdistan Region has incurred losses worth $2.5 billion.

EghtesadOnline: Iran has shut its border crossings with the Iraqi Kurdistan Region .

EghtesadOnline: Iran warned of tough action against the bases and offices of Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO, also known as the MEK, PMOI and NCR) terrorist group near the Iranian borders in case of further inaction by Iraq's Kurdish Regional Government.

EghtesadOnline: Iran has denied reports that the country has closed its land border with the semi-autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan Region in response to last month’s independence referendum in the region.

EghtesadOnline: Any measures against Iran's security will be responded forcefully, Prime Minister of the Kurdistan region of Iraq Nechirvan Barzani said.