Iran bans crude transports from Iraqi Kurdistan region

Iran's Road Trafficking Organization banned the transportation of crude oil products to and from the Iraqi Kurdistan, official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday.

With reference to recent developments in the region, the international and local transportation companies are banned from loading crude products to and from Iraqi Kurdistan by the next notice, the organization said in a statement.

Any disregard of the notice will have consequences to the transportation agency, it said.

Iran has already closed its airspace to the flight commuting between Iraqi Kurdistan region and the country.

Tehran, Ankara, Baghdad and the United States have rejected the results of referendum in Iraq's northern Kurdish region, which voted for independence on Sept. 25.

(ASIA PACIFIC DAILY)