Kermanshah Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran and one of the provinces which border Iraq. The province was known from 1969 to 1986 as Kermanshahan, and from 1986 to 1995 as Bakhtaran. The capital of the province is the city of Kermanshah. According to a 2014 segmentation by the Ministry of Interior, it is the center of Region 4, with the region's central secretariat located in Kermanshah. A majority of people in Kermanshah Province are Shia, and there are Sunni and Yarsani minority groups.
Khanaqin is the central city of Khanaqin District in Diyala Governorate, Iraq, near the Iranian border (8 km) on the Alwand tributary of the Diyala River. The town is populated by Kurds who speak the Southern Kurdish dialect. Khanaqin is situated on the main road which Shia pilgrims use when visiting holy Islamic cities. The city is moreover rich in oil and the first Iraqi oil refinery and oil pipeline was built nearby in 1927. The main tribes of Khanaqin include Kalhor, Feyli, Zand, Malekshahi Suramiri, Arkavazi and Zangana.
The Islamic Republic of Iran Railways is the national state-owned railway system of Iran. The Raja Passenger Train Company is an associate of the IR, and manages its passenger trains. The Railway Transportation Company is an associate of the IR, which manages its freight transport. The Ministry of Roads & Urban Development is the state agency that oversees the IRIR. Some 33 million tonnes of goods and 29 million passengers are transported annually by the rail transportation network, accounting for 9 percent and 11 percent of all transportation in Iran, respectively (2011).
Qasr-e Shirin is a city in the Central District of Qasr-e Shirin County, Kermanshah province, Iran, and serves as both capital of the county and of the district. Its population in 2016 was 18,473. It is a Free-trade zone (FTZ) and is populated by Kurds.
Chabahar County (formerly Chah Bahar County is in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Chabahar.
Shalamcheh is a town located in Khuzestan Province, Iran. It is situated on the border with Iraq, north-west of Abadan. The town was one of the main sites of invasion of Saddam Hussein's Iraq in the Iran–Iraq War. Some 50,000 Iranians died in the fighting around the town, and there is today a war memorial in their memory. One of the two railway projects connecting Iran to Iraq is through Shalamcheh.
The Karbala provincial headquarters raid was a special operation carried out on January 20, 2007, by the Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq against the U.S. contingent of the Joint Security Station, located within the Iraqi Police headquarters. The assault, which left five U.S. soldiers dead and three wounded, has been called the "boldest and most sophisticated attack in four years of warfare" and is furthermore notable for being one of the few instances when any sort of militants or insurgents have actually managed to capture U.S. soldiers since the Vietnam War.
The Iran–Iraq border runs for 1,599 km (994 mi) from the tripoint with Turkey in the north down to the Shatt al-Arab waterway and out to the Persian Gulf in the south. Although the boundary was first determined in 1639, certain disputes continue, particularly surrounding navigation on the Shatt al-Arab.
Operation Karbala-4 was an Iranian offensive in the Iran–Iraq War on the southern front. The operation was launched after the failure of Operation Karbala-2 and Operation Karbala-3 to move the Iraqi lines in an effort to capture Iraqi territory.
The 2008 Karbala bombing occurred on 17 March 2008 in Karbala, Iraq.
In response to the loss of the strategic al-Faw Peninsula during the Iran–Iraq War, the Iraqis pushed into Iran to seize the strategic Iranian city of Mehran to trade for the strategically important territory. Saddam was able to seize the city in May 1986, for the third time. He then offered to trade it for al-Faw, but instead of negotiating, the Iranians recaptured the city in June 1986.
Relations between neighbours Iraq and Jordan have historically been close. The two states were created after World War I from former Ottoman dominions by way of a secret bilateral agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the French Third Republic. Several efforts to unify the countries have been pursued over the last century. Jordan has an embassy in Baghdad and Iraq has an embassy in Amman.
Khosravi is a village in Alvand Rural District of the Central District of Qasr-e Shirin County, Kermanshah province, Iran. The village is populated by Kurds.
Freeway 6 is a freeway in central and western Iran located in Markazi and Hamedan Provinces. It is about 175 kilometres (109 mi) long and it connects Saveh to Hamedan. The freeway was completely opened in winter (February) 2016. There are plans to expand the freeway towards Kermanshah and Khosravi near the Iraqi border and join Highway 5. The freeway runs parallel to Road 48.
Events in the year 2014 in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Chazabeh is a border terminal in Iran, located in Khuzestan province in south-western Iran. It is in the common border between Iran and Iraq, 95 km from Ahwaz, the center of Khuzestan. Chazabah can be regarded as an important border terminal that is especially an entry point in addition to the Shalamcheh border crossing for those who intend to travel from Iran into Iraq through Khuzestan.
Operation Karbala-9 was an offensive operation in Iran–Iraq War, which was launched by Islamic Republic of Iran Army with the operation code of "Ya Mahdi, Adrekni" on 9 April 1987. This operation ended inconclusively, and Iran had very large casualties from the numerous Iraqi traps.
Solomon Carpet is an Iranian acrylic and BCF yarn spinning and machine-made carpet producer located in Isfahan. This company is one of the leading manufacturers/exporters of machine-made carpets in middle east. The company registered as "Rasoul Isfahan Industrial company" to produce variety of yarns and machine-made carpets in different sizes and patterns.
Rahahane Gharb or Iran's west railway is a partially finished railway corridor in western Iran.
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Freeway 5 
Road 65 
Freeway 6 
Road 37 
Road 46 
Road 52 
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Highway 5 (Iraq) 
