Iran has shut its border with Iraqi Kurdistan in response to its independence referendum, the foreign ministry said Monday.
"At the request of the Iraqi government, we have closed our land and air borders” with Iraqi Kurdistan, foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi said at a press conference.
He added that the referendum is "illegal and illegitimate".
Iran had already announced on Sunday that it was stopping all flights to and from Iraqi Kurdistan in response to the vote.
