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Iran tightens border and targets US campuses

Iran’s war posture is reshaping life along the Iraq‑Iran border and escalating abroad, with threats now aimed at US‑linked universities in the Gulf. Families are cut off, trade and smuggling halted, ...
The New York Times

On Iran’s Border, Cooking Oil Trade Is a Snapshot of the Country’s Struggles

The war has exacerbated Iran’s economic crisis, forcing many to cross the border into Turkey to buy the most basic goods. By Yeganeh Torbati Reporting from Kapikoy, Turkey, a border crossing with Iran ...
Boston Herald

War disrupts life on the Iraq‑Iran border, isolating families and stifling trade

HALABJA, Iraq (AP) — To speak with his mother inside Iran, Yaser Fattahi waits in self-exile in Iraq for brief calls arranged by a cousin back home who travels close to the border between the ...