Iraq Suspends Iranian Flights to Baghdad After US Threatens Sanctions on Airport Service Providers
- On Tuesday, flights from Iran to Baghdad and Muscat were cancelled effective midnight, hours before expanded American sanctions took effect.
- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned on Monday that Iranian airlines would face severe operational difficulties starting Wednesday due to new American sanctions targeting networks supporting Mahan Air and the Revolutionary Guards.
- While Iran has 27 airlines, Iran Air and Mahan Air provide most international routes; aviation authorities are currently negotiating to reroute cancelled Baghdad flights to Najaf for pilgrims.
- A civil aviation spokesperson told The Tasnim that other international flights, including Istanbul, "will operate as scheduled and as usual," though these restrictions further complicate travel for Iranians.
- Previously, Georgia barred Iranian carriers and Mahan Air suspended services to Turkey, following earlier American moves to blacklist the entire Iranian aviation sector this month.
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'As of 00:00 tonight local time, Baghdad and Muscat airports will not accept Iranian flights,' says Iranian Civil Aviation Organization
If an Iranian flight lands in another country, it will be prohibited to supply fuel, provide operational services or sell tickets from that airline.
Iran's airlines will stop flying to Baghdad and Muscat for U.S. sanctions that prevent international operations from 23/9 U.S. toughen measures against Iran, banning services to its flights. Negotiations seek alternatives for routes to Iraq and Oman.
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Vanguard NewsFirst Iran flights cancelled as US sanctions set to come into force
TEHRAN — Flights from Iran to the capitals of Iraq and Oman will be cancelled as of midnight, local media reported Tuesday, hours before expanded U.S. sanctions were due to come into force. The Tasnim news agency cited a civil aviation spokesman as saying that "Baghdad and Muscat airports will no longer accept Iranian flights." "Other international flights, including Istanbul, will operate as scheduled and as usual, and at present there are no p…
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