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Iraq reopened the Sheeb border crossing with Iran to travelers and commercial traffic on Tuesday morning, three weeks after shutting it, even as the United States presses Baghdad to close nearly all of its crossings with Iran. The crossing resumed operations at 8:00 a.m. local time. Iraq closed Sheeb on October 21 on orders from Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi. Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said the U.S. Treasury had asked Baghdad to close all crossings with Iran except two, adding that closing all of them would be difficult and would affect Iraq's economy.