The Hamrin Mountains (Arabic: جبل حمرين , Kurdish: Çiyayê Hemrîn or Çiyayên Hemrîn), are a small mountain ridge in northeast Iraq. The westernmost ripple of the greater Zagros mountains; the Hamrin mountains extend from the Diyala Province bordering Iran, northwest to the Tigris river; crossing northern Salah ad Din Province and southern Kirkuk Province. These mountains are regarded as sacred by the Kurds.