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Iranians Buying Supplies In Iraq Tell Of Fear, Shortages Back Home

Trucks queue at the Bashmakh border crossing in Iraq, where some Iranian drivers described shortages of staple goods back home (Credit: AFP)

Near the once-bustling Iraqi border crossing of Bashmakh, Iranian driver Fatah stocked up on rice, sugar and tea, staples that have become increasingly hard to get back home.

Fatah -- who like others in this story is being identified by a pseudonym -- was among dozens of truck drivers waiting impatiently to cross back into Iran from Iraq's northern Kurdistan region, hauling not only their commercial cargo, but also essential goods for their families after days of Israeli attacks.

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