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U.S. pressure to close crossings between Iran and Iraq: choking off the proxies is a priority
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Iraqi authorities closed a border crossing with Iran on Wednesday “until an unspecified date,” an Iraqi source told Agence France-Presse, while two other sources spoke of pressure Washington is exerting on Baghdad to close more crossings in order to tighten the noose around Tehran. Iraq and Iran, which…
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