US Strike Hits Iran's Shalamcheh Border Crossing, Killing Two

A US strike hit Iran's Shalamcheh border crossing with Iraq on July 23, 2026, killing two people. Eyewitness footage showed fires burning and destroyed buildings at the facility. Shalamcheh handles commercial and passenger traffic between the two countries. Iraq kept its land crossings open but closed its airspace, while ordering all unofficial land and maritime routes shut.