An official Kurdish delegation headed Thursday morning to Iran to discuss the recent border closures, independent Voices of Iraq news agency reported, citing an official Kurdish source. According to dpa, the delegation included senior leaders from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), spokesman for the Kurdistan Regional Government Jamal Abdullah said. "We are looking forward to reaching an agreement between the Kurdish region and Iran because border closures have negatively affected the interests of the (two sides)," Abdullah added.