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US asks Iraq to shut most Iran border crossings, Iraqi foreign minister says
Nov 8 (Reuters) - The US Treasury has asked Iraq to close all border crossings with Iran except for two as part of Washington's policy of increasing economic pressure on Tehran, Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said in an interview with Al Jazeera. One of the exceptions is in the Kurdistan region. "There are many official and unofficial border crossings with Iran, and closing all of them would…