Border Issues

"Last Thursday I went to visit Iraq to see Najaf and Kerbala during the first 10 days of Muharram, a mourning period for millions of Shia across the world who commomorate the death of Imam Hussain.

The first shock came at the Iraqi-Iranian border crossing in Mehran. The Iranian official who was meant to check our bags was like a little girl at a sweet shop. "I'll have that one, that one, no not that one...and yes that one". At first I thought she was joking but when I didn't see her smile I put the bags she pointed to on the scanner belt. I went with a group of friends and only 4 out of 11 bags were scanned."
Eye Raki