Khosravi, Kermanshah

Khosravi (Persian: خسروي, also Romanized as Khosravī and Khosrovī; also known as Khosrowvī, Khūsrawī, and Khūsrovī)[1] is a village in Alvand Rural District, in the Central District of Qasr-e Shirin County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 11, in 5 families.[2] The village is populated by Kurds.[3]

Khosravi
خسروي
village
Khosravi
Coordinates: 34°23′34″N 45°28′27″E
Country Iran
ProvinceKermanshah
CountyQasr-e Shirin
BakhshCentral
Rural DistrictAlvand
Population
 (2006)
 • Total11
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

History

Khosravi border crossing is more than 100 years old. On 10 May 1992, an unidentified number of Iraqi and Iranian POWs were exchanged at Khosravi border; on 19 May 1993, another 200 Iraqi POWs were released there; and on 18 August 1995, approximately 100 Iraqi POWs were released near the Iran/Iraq border of Mundharieh-Khosravi.[4] Another POW exchange occured in March 2003.[5] The first group of Iranian religious tourists left for Iraq on 15 August 1998 via Khosravi after 20 years of border closure to pilgrims. Prior to 2003, Khosravi was the sole official and active border crossing between Iran and Iraq.

Infrastructure

Road 48 (Iran) or Karbala Highway having roadside tree planting as a distinctive feature ends here on the Iranian side.[6]It then joins Highway 5 on the Iraqi side. The railway route the west railway known domestically as Rahahane Gharb which is under construction and which is going to connect Iran to Iraq will have its last station in Khosravi.[7]

Border terminal

The Khosravi border terminal was inaugurated in March 2002 with a capacity of 10000 travelers per day.[8] Construction work for the border terminal had begun in 1998.[9] It was announced as the largest land border terminal in Iran. The border is known as Manzarieh on the Iraqi side of the border.[10] Two 3-star hotels were opened in 2011 to accommodate mainly Iranian religious tourists crossing the border.[11][12] In 2013, 2,000 Iranian pilgrims crossed the Khosravi border terminal to reach Iraq every day, according to the then governor of the Iranian city of Qasr-e Shirin.[13] This number was 3,000 for Iraqi pilgrims crossing into Iran in September 2019. There are also commercial exchanges at this border terminal and border trade is done by as many as 500 trucks on a daily basis according to the figures from June 2018 and September 2020.[14] Khosravi border terminal located 19 Kms to the southwest of Qasre Shirin mostly overlooks and interacts with the Arab region of Iraq and is open from 7 AM to 4:30 PM unlike Parvizkhan border terminal which is closely located to the north of the county center, is mainly in contact with the Kurdish region of Iraq and is open 24 hours.[15]

See also

References
  1. Khosravi can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3071290" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  2. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-11-11.
  3. "Language distribution: Kermanshah Province". Iran Atlas. Retrieved 27 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ad8f8.html
  5. https://www.arabnews.com/node/229476
  6. http://payamearbaeen.ir/News/Show/10817
  7. https://www.hexa.ir/Project/Detail/173/
  8. https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/76285/Khosravi-Border-Terminal-Opens-With-Capacity-of-10-000-Travellers
  9. https://www.isna.ir/news/8409-11883/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%8A%D8%B3-%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B2%D9%8A-%D8%AE%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%DA%AF%D9%81%D8%AA-%D9%88%DA%AF%D9%88-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%A7-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87-100%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%B1
  10. https://financialtribune.com/articles/domestic-economy/104476/iraq-opens-another-border-crossing-with-iran
  11. https://mapio.net/pic/p-73913902/
  12. https://www.raheeno.com/hotel/1190/%D9%87%D8%AA%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%B1%D8%B6%D8%A7-%D8%B9-%D8%AE%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C-3%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87.aspx
  13. https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2013/09/iraq-tourism-iran-weak-economy-diversity.html
  14. https://financialtribune.com/articles/economy-domestic-economy/88444/50-of-non-oil-exports-to-iraq-via-parvizkhan
  15. https://cemexport.com/en/khosravi-border/


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