Iran’s Road Maintenance and Transportation Organization has announced the temporary closure of the Sumar border crossing starting Friday, November 13, 2026.

Axar.az reports, citing IranWire, that according to the notice, images of which have been published by Iranian media, the closure of the crossing “has been placed on the agenda following diplomatic correspondence from the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Baghdad.”

The organization did not provide further details, and it remains unclear how long the border will stay closed.

The Sumar border crossing is located in western Iran, in Kermanshah Province, along the shared border between Iran and Iraq.

On November 8, 2026, Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein announced that, in accordance with requests made to Baghdad by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and as part of Washington’s policy to increase economic pressure on Tehran, all border crossings with Iran, except for two, have been shut down. In an interview with Al Jazeera, he confirmed that one of the two crossings slated to remain open is located in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

Pointing out that “there are numerous official and unofficial crossings between Iraq and Iran,” the Iraqi Foreign Minister stated: “Closing all of them will be difficult and impact Iraq’s economy. The Americans continue to insist on closing these crossings, and we are currently negotiating with them.”