Arbaeen Hosseini 1445 AH Non-Iranian pilgrims can enter Iraq through the Shalmacha and Chazaba borders

A joint meeting of the Interior Ministers of Iran and Iraq has decided that foreign pilgrims who are not residing in Iran for Arbaeen this year can enter Iraq from Chizaba and foreign nationals living in Iran through the Shalmacha border. According to a joint meeting of the interior ministers of Iran and Iraq, it has been decided that foreign pilgrims who are not living in Iran for Arbaeen this year can enter Iraq from Chizaba and foreign nationals living in Iran through the Shalmacha border. In Dushanbe evening, a joint meeting was held between the interior ministers of Iran and Iraq and the governors of Khuzestan and Basra, in which it was decided to give group visas to Pakistani nationals because the Iraqi government refused to give individual visas due to pilgrims staying in Iraq. Iran’s interior minister called for an increase in the capacity to transport passengers to Karbala by train, in response to which the Iraqi counterpart put the capacity of carrying pilgrims by train at 1,800 per day. Iran’s Interior Minister Waheedi called for an increase in the number of gates entering Iraq, to which Iraqi Interior Minister Abdul Amir al-Shamri said: 76 gates will be engaged in serving pilgrims to enter Iraq at the Shalmacha border. Iran’s Interior Minister demanded stability in the cost of transportation from Basra and Al-Amara to Karbala, on which the Iraqi Interior Minister made a good promise in this regard, and in this meeting, it was decided to increase the number of muqab from the Chazaba border to the Iraqi city of Al-Amara.