In a press statement on December 22, 2022, the Commander of the Border Guards, Mohammed Abdulvahap, announced that border guard forces would be deployed along the Iraqi borders with Turkey and Iran. Abdulvahap said that 200 checkpoints would be established, and 3,000 soldiers would be deployed in the border areas in question.

Tahsin Xefaxi, spokesperson of the Iraqi Joint Operations Command, told Rojnews that Iraq has started to establish checkpoints and watchtowers at the zero points of the border.

Xefaxi remarked that they wanted to put an end to the violation of Iraqi sovereign rights. He said: “This is an important issue for us. Iraqi efforts to control its borders with Iran and Turkey continue. These efforts started after the prime minister of our country gave the order to deploy military forces to the borders with Turkey and Iran.”

Xefaxi pointed out that after the joint meetings of the Interior Ministries of Iraq and Kurdistan Region, coordination was also ensured with the peshmerga forces to control the Iraq-Turkey border.