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Khosravi Persian: خسروی
Village
Khosravi
Coordinates: 34°23′22″N 45°28′16″E / 34.38944°N 45.47111°E / 34.38944; 45.47111
Country	Iran
Province	Kermanshah
County	Qasr-e Shirin
District	Central
Rural District	Alvand
Population
• Total	52
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Khosravi (Persian: خسروی) is a village in, and the capital of, Alvand Rural District of the Central District of Qasr-e Shirin County, Kermanshah province, Iran.

History

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. In October 1995, Iran and Iraq agreed to exchange the remains of the troops killed from both sides during the war via Khosravi border crossing. Another POW exchange occurred in March 2003. 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.

Demographics

Ethnicity

The village is populated by Kurds.

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 11 in 5 households. The following census in 2011 counted 32 people in 13 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 52 people in 11 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.

Infrastructure

Transport

Roads

Road 48, or "Karbala Highway," having roadside tree planting as a distinctive feature, ends here on the Iranian side. It then joins Highway 5 on the Iraqi side. In the year 2000 officials of the Iranian Roads and Transportation Ministry and their Iraqi counterparts reached an agreement for the transit of passenger and cargo on the Kermanshah-Khosravi Road as part of land transportation link between the two countries. The resurfacing of 4.2 km of the return lanes of the 10th section of the Karbala highway situated between Qasr-e Shirin and Khosravi began on 6 June 2022. This section is a divided highway using guard rails. Khosravi is considered to be the end of the Asian Highway Route 2, which goes all the way to Singapore.

Border terminal

The Khosravi border terminal was inaugurated in March 2002 with a capacity of 10,000 travelers per day. Construction work for the border terminal had begun in 1998. The terminal comprises a customs office as well as passenger and cargo corridors. It was announced as the largest land border terminal in Iran and the middle east and still is. The border is known as Manzarieh/Munthrya on the Iraqi side of the border. Two 3-star hotels were opened in 2011 to accommodate mainly Iranian religious tourists crossing the border. 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. This number was 3,000 for Iraqi pilgrims crossing into Iran in September 2019.

Khosravi border terminal, 19 km to the southwest of Qasr-e Shirin, mostly overlooks and interacts with the Arab region of Iraq and is open from 7 AM to 4:30 PM, unlike Parviz border terminal, closely located to the north of the county center and mainly in contact with the Kurdish region of Iraq. It is open 24 hours a day. According to the latest figures, in the first three months of the Iranian solar year 1402, the number of people entering the country was 27,315 and the number of exists stood at 23,577. These numbers show a significant increase compared to the same period of the year before.

Rail

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.

Border trade

Khosravi has a long history of trade with Iraq. It is home to the biggest international export terminal in the Middle East. Khosravi commercial border is located south of Khosravi terminal, next to its customs. Improvement and mobilization of this commercial border has been carried out since 2001. In a MoU signed in 2006 between the governor general of Kermanshah Province and the governor of Sulaymaniyah the two sides agreed to exchange auto spare parts and fuel through Khosravi. Averagely, in 2014, 51,000 exported shipments were transferred through this commercial border. The most important goods exported from this border to the central and southern parts of Iraq were cement, tiles, ironware, fruit, and vegetables. Commercial exchanges and border trade is done by as many as 500 trucks on a daily basis according to the figures from 2016, June 2018 and 2021. Exports hit $687 million in the year 2021.

Free trade zone

Because Khosravi customs has extensive infrastructural facilities, Kermanshah province governor general announced the proposal of the inclusion of Khosravi in Qasr-e Shirin free trade zone on 21 August 2021 to the government.

See also

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also romanized as Khosravī and Khosrovī; also known as Khosrowvī, Khūsrawī, and Khūsrovī

References

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3. 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".
4. Mousavi, Mirhossein (7 July 1392) . Creation and formation of three rural districts including villages, farms and places in Qasr-e Shirin County under Bakhtran province. rc.majlis.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers. Proposal 53.1.2346. Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2024 – via Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of the Farabi Library of Mobile Users.
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32. "50% of Non-Oil Exports to Iraq Via Parvizkhan". 22 June 2018.
33. "Some $829m worth of products exported through Qasr-e Shirin border to Iraq".
34. ^ "مرز تجاری بین المللی خسروی".
35. "پرویزخان و خسروی به محدوده منطقه آزاد قصرشیرین اضافه می‌شوند".

External links

• "Khosravi Border Terminal Opens With Capacity of 10,000 Travellers Per Day"
• "Iraqi Religious Tourism Declines Because of Weak Iranian Economy"
• frontier Khosravi in inaugurated terminal border Largest IRNA
• Khosravi Border – توسعه صادرات صنعت سیمان Archived 23 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine
• Iraq Opens Another Border Crossing With Iran
• مدير كل حمل‌ونقل و پايانه‌هاي استان كرمانشاه : پايانه مرزي خسروي بزرگترين پايانه مرزي زميني ايران است
• هتل ثامن - مرز خسروی Samen Hotel - Khosravi border 2
• هتل امام رضا (ع) قصر شیرین | عکس و قیمت رزرو با بیشترین تخفیف Off%

v t e Kermanshah Province, Iran
Capital	Kermanshah
Counties and cities	Dalahu County Kerend-e Gharb Gahvareh Eslamabad-e Gharb County Eslamabad-e Gharb Homeyl Gilan-e Gharb County Gilan-e Gharb Sarmast Harsin County Harsin Bisotun Javanrud County Javanrud Kangavar County Kangavar Kermanshah County Kermanshah Halashi Kuzaran Robat Paveh County Paveh Banevreh Bayangan Nowdeshah Nowsud Qasr-e Shirin County Qasr-e Shirin Sumar Ravansar County Ravansar Shaho Sahneh County Sahneh Mian Rahan Salas-e Babajani County Tazehabad Ezgeleh Sarpol-e Zahab County Sarpol-e Zahab Sonqor County Sonqor Satar
Sights	Kohneh Bridge Behistun Inscription Taq-e Bostan Temple of Anahita The Stone cave Hossein Kuhkan Dinavar Ganj Dareh Essaqwand Rock Tombs Sorkh Deh chamber tomb Malek Tomb Hulwan Median dakhmeh(Darbad,Sahneh) Ghar Parau Do-Ashkaft Cave Tekyeh Moaven al-molk Dokan Davood Inscription,Sar Pol-e-Zahab Tagh e gara,Patagh pass Sarab Niloufar Ghoori Ghale Cave Khaja Barookh's House Chiyajani Tappe Statue of Herakles in Behistun complex Emad al doleh Mosque Tekyeh Biglarbeygi Hunters cave,Behistun_complex Jamé Mosque of Kermanshah Godin Tepe Bas relief of Gotarzes II of Parthia Anubanini rock relief
populated places	List of cities, towns and villages in Kermanshah Province

v t e Qasr-e Shirin County
Capital	Qasr-e Shirin
Districts	Central Cities Qasr-e Shirin Rural Districts and villages Alvand Khosravi Fathabad Aqa Berar Barfi Kushkarri Dar Balut Hajji Fattah-e Beg Kalantar Nasrabad Seyyed Hatam Nasrabad-e Pasha Nasrabad-e Seyyed Ahmad Nasrabad-e Seyyed Khalil Shirin Ab Tahemasab Nasrabad Barreh Bu Anjirban Emam Hasan-e Olya Emam Hasan-e Sofla Emam Hasan-e Vasati Garraveh-ye Esmail Garraveh-ye Nomareh Do Karak Harak Ney Pahn-e Abdollah Ney Pahn-e Seyfollah Seyyed Ayaz Seyyed Said Seyyed Sohrab Tazehabad-e Garaveh Tazehabad-e Shir Ali Sumar Cities Sumar Rural Districts and villages Sumar Kalleh Jub Mamar Seh Mamar Yek Naft shahr Nal Shekan Neypahan Sharafshah Vargach

• Populated places in Qasr-e Shirin County
• Iran–Iraq border crossings
• Kurdish settlements in Kermanshah province