Iraqi Foreign Minister Fawad Hussein has said that the US Treasury Department has asked Baghdad to close all but two border ports with Iran as part of increasing economic pressure on Tehran.
In an interview with Al Jazeera, he said that one of the two ports that is scheduled to remain open is located in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region.
The Iraqi Foreign Minister added that due to the existence of numerous official and unofficial border ports between the two countries, it would be difficult to close them all and would affect the Iraqi economy.
According to him, Washington continues to insist on this demand and Baghdad is in talks with American officials.
