EchoGéo (Dec 2013)

Circulations à la frontière entre Kurdes d’Irak et Kurdes d’Iran.

  • Cyril Roussel

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4000/echogeo.13550
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25

Abstract

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On the outskirts of Iran, spaces as Iraqi Kurdistan – like in Dubai where the situation is well known - benefit of the protectionist policy of the Islamic Republic and the cross-border differential to implement a significant illegal trade. The created wealth then generated a whole reorganization of the border-area. It has also created a set of chains of actors sometimes very complex, where economic and political interests often remain intertwined.

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