BAGHDAD, September 24, SPA -- Iran closed major border crossings with northern Iraq on Monday to protest the U.S. detention of an Iranian official, a Kurdish official said. At least four border gates had been closed, with just oneremaining open in a move that will severely curtail tradebetween the two countries, the governor of the Kurdishprovince of Sulaimaniyah, Dana Ahmed Majeed, told TheAssociated Press. The move came four days after U.S. troops arrested anIranian official during a raid on a hotel in Sulaimaniyah,260 kilometers (160 miles) northeast of Baghdad.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/485380