{"id":117176,"date":"2026-05-16T21:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T21:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/117176\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T21:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T21:39:08","slug":"iran-exports-148m-to-iraq-through-kermanshah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/117176\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran exports $148M to Iraq through Kermanshah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                            2026-05-16T20:35:09+00:00<\/p>\n<p>                                    font<\/p>\n<p>                                            Enable Reading Mode<\/p>\n<p>\n                                        A-<br \/>\n                                        A<br \/>\n                                        A+\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>Shafaq News- Tehran<\/p>\n<p>Trade traffic between Iran and Iraq surged during the first month of Iran\u2019s<br \/>\nnew fiscal year, which began on March 21, with 23,759 commercial trucks<br \/>\ncarrying more than 456,000 tons of goods worth over $148 million crossing from<br \/>\nKermanshah province into Iraq.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"305\" data-end=\"755\">Iran\u2019s Tasnim News Agency,<br \/>\nciting Kermanshah Customs supervisor Reza Nikrouz, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasnimnews.ir\/fa\/service\/68\/%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reported<\/a> that the Khosravi border crossing handled<br \/>\nthe largest share of truck traffic with 7,357 trucks, followed by the Parviz<br \/>\nKhan crossing bordering the Kurdistan Region with 6,409 trucks. The Somar<br \/>\ncrossing near Mandali recorded 6,065 trucks, while the Shoshmi and Sheikh Saleh<br \/>\ncrossings linking Iran with Kurdish areas registered 1,951 and 1,977 trucks,<br \/>\nrespectively.<\/p>\n<p>The exports included construction and industrial materials<br \/>\nas well as agricultural and food products. Major goods shipped through the<br \/>\ncrossings included steel and iron billets, chemical fertilizers, marble stone,<br \/>\ntomato paste, powdered milk, fresh tomatoes, vegetables, and fruits such as<br \/>\nwatermelon and cucumbers.<\/p>\n<p>Iraq remained the main destination for Iranian exports through Kermanshah<br \/>\nprovince last month, with <a href=\"https:\/\/shafaq.com\/en\/Economy\/Iraq-tops-Iranian-exports-via-Kermanshah-at-150M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">shipments<\/a> exceeding $148 million and totaling around<br \/>\n459,000 tons, according to Kermanshah Customs Director General Reza Nikroush.<\/p>\n<p>The expanding trade activity comes as Tehran and Baghdad continue developing<br \/>\ncross-border transport infrastructure. Iran is advancing work on the<br \/>\n263-kilometer Kermanshah\u2013Khosravi <a href=\"https:\/\/shafaq.com\/en\/Economy\/Iran-advances-263km-rail-link-to-Iraq-via-Khosravi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">railway<\/a> as Iraq develops a parallel line to<br \/>\nestablish a rail trade corridor between the two countries. Approved in 2012,<br \/>\nthe route is expected to transport cargo from northwestern Iran and neighboring<br \/>\ncountries into Iraq.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026-05-16T20:35:09+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Tehran Trade traffic between Iran and Iraq surged&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117177,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[14],"tags":[23812,14340,34,40232,94,7072],"class_list":["post-117176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iraq","tag-crossing","tag-import","tag-iran","tag-iran-exports-148m-to-iraq-through-kermanshah","tag-iraq","tag-kermanshah"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116586424871002098","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}