Penjwen, Iraq, March 12, 2026 (AFP) - War forces lengthy detours for Iranian truck drivers to Iraq

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2026-03-12

Rubbing his hands together to warm them, Iranian truck driver Reza curses the more than 300-kilometre detour he was forced to make to enter Iraq after the war closed most of the usually busy border crossings. Originally from the small town of Piranshahr in northwestern Iran, he normally drives just 20 minutes to the Haji Omeran crossing, but it has been shut since the start of Israeli-US air strikes on Iran on February 28. "I waited five nights,......

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