The US Treasury has asked Iraq to close all of its border crossings with Iran except two, according to Iraq's Foreign Minister, Fuad Hussein. One of the two crossings that would stay open is in the Kurdistan region.
Hussein made the remarks in an interview with Al Jazeera on Saturday, as reported by Reuters. He said:
"The Americans are still demanding the closure of the crossings, and we are currently in discussions with them"
Hussein said there are also many unofficial crossings. He said closing all of them would be difficult and would hurt Iraq's economy.
He also said Iraq has reached understandings with the US allowing Iraqi oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz via a shipping lane near Oman, Middle East Eye reports.
Hussein put Iraq's losses from the war and disrupted oil exports at $60bn. That figure has not been independently checked.