The Iranian border points were closed to protest the US detention of an Iranian official who the military said was a member of the paramilitary Quds Force, a branch of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards that is accused of providing arms and training to Shiite extremists.

2 killed in blast
A car bomb killed two people near Poland’s Baghdad embassy on Monday, five days after the Polish ambassador to Iraq was wounded in a separate attack. Acting Baghdad ambassador Waldemar Figaj said that there were no casualties among Polish staff.

Iraqi police said a car bomb at least 200 meters from the embassy killed two people and wounded five.