2024-01-26T07:42:38+00:00
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/ The Deputy of the Iranian Trade Development Organization, Mohammad Sadiq Qanadzadeh, said on Friday that trade between Iran and Erbil Governorate, the capital of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, continues and has not been affected by calls for a boycott.
Last week, following the Iranian ballistic missile attack on unarmed civilians in Erbil, the Erbil Chamber of Commerce called on merchants to boycott Iranian products.
The official Iranian Mehr News Agency quoted Qanadzadeh, regarding the ban imposed on Iranian goods by Erbil, as saying: This statement did not have a special impact on the volume of trade between Iran and Erbil, adding that: The private sector in the two countries has a long relationship. Long term and does not pay much attention to this issue.
He went on to say, “According to our field investigations, nothing special has happened so far, and trade between Iran and Erbil, Iraq, continues.”
The deputy of the Iranian Trade Development Organization continued, “In general, there was no special ban or change in trade between the two countries,” adding: “Only the past few days were a psychological process, and it did not have a major impact, and now trade is conducted as before.”
Last Monday, January 16, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard launched a violent bombardment with ballistic missiles targeting civilian areas in the city of Erbil, which led to 11 civilians being killed or wounded.
Last Monday, the Tehran Chamber of Commerce expressed its “deep regret” at the Erbil Chamber of Commerce’s call on merchants and individuals to boycott Iranian goods, stressing the need for continued economic cooperation between Iraq and the Kurdistan Region with Iran.