Iraq, Iran always a step away at border area cafe

(23 Aug 2021) LEAD IN:
A teahouse located at the Iraq-Iran border serves tea to costumers from both countries.
The water stream that marks the border attracts many visitors from both Iraq and Iran.
STORY-LINE:
A teahouse built at the border between Iraq and Iran is catering to people from both countries.
The spot is located just by a water stream that marks the borderline between Iraq and Iran in Biyara area in Halabja.
It attracts people from the towns of Biyara in Iraq and Hani Garmaleh in Iran.
"The distance between my teahouse and the Iranian territory is half a metre. If you take a step forward you would be in Iran, and this side is Iraq," says Darvish Affan, an Iraqi Kurd from Biyara.
He decided to build the teahouse after losing his fruit and vegetables farms due to the lack of rain this year.
Affan says he would have gone crazy if he had not build this teahouse. He built the seats, tables and furniture himself.
The venue has become a business spot for vendors from both sides of the border like Ghafour Mohammed who sells berries by the teahouse.
People from each country pay for tea with their own currency.
"Hani Garmaleh and Biyara have an affinity to one another. So, we are mixed together and we are family," says one man.

People walk around on both sides of the border in this area, but officials and government employees don't cross from one side to the other, according to Affan.
Iraq's late dictator Saddam Hussein ordered the invasion of Iran in 1980 and fought an eight-year war with Iraq's neighbor.
By 1988, 1 million people had been killed in a conflict that featured trench warfare, Iranian human-wave attacks and chemical weapons assaults launched by Iraq.
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[@HerrFenchel]

beautiful

[@DgurlSunshine]

if all the World could Occupy Peace & just sip tea in a Beautiful forest

[@ullasjainshah5952]

Please mention subtitles in
English
Love I N D I A 🇮🇳

[@johndow1809]

That's north west of mountain regent near Kurdistan
He is talking Kurdish & his customers are iranian ,iraqi Christians , iraqi Muslims & iranian kurds .
( Nobody is at war )

[@belmordok3661]

This is quite interesting. Greetings from Croatia

[@living_peace]

🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷❤❤❤

[@jacobuzilov]

Damn thats interesting

[@DgurlSunshine]

Water is life. Now if we could end Sharia Law that would be great!

[@dmtdreamz7706]

اینجا کد تقلب است. اگر بتوانم به معنای واقعی کلمه فقط بنشینم و از خوشبختی و عشق و رضایت خود لذت ببرم ، این تمام زندگی من را کوتاه می کند. این نبوغ این روش است. این قدرت آن است. شما فکر می کنید این یک اشتباه است. این یک خطا نیست. این یک ویژگی است. این دقیقاً همان چیزی است که شما می خواهید. شما می خواهید آن را کوتاه کنید زیرا می بینید چه زمانی شما را آزاد می کند.

[@colbjallen8334]

Where is this?

[@mariomirshafiey9187]

God of Israele bless you and your famigliy and your country amen father son holy spirit jesus Christ love you so much

[@living_peace]

Russia and iran we are together 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇮🇷🇮🇷

[@aran_mirawdaly]

Both is Kurdistan

[@rezahashemi2944]

Both iranic

[@mhamadtahir9721]

There is no iraq or iran , there are kurdistan 🫡

[@quandangledingle9317]

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[@HerrFenchel]

...and a pretty brainless one, too