Iraq has suspended Iranian flights to Baghdad, effective at midnight between Tuesday and Wednesday, The Jerusalem Post reports. The decision follows a US threat to impose sanctions on airport service providers. Iran's aviation authority confirmed the cancellation of flights from Tehran to Baghdad and Muscat.
Iraq has suspended Iranian flights to Baghdad, effective at midnight between Tuesday and Wednesday, according to The Jerusalem Post. The decision follows a US threat to impose sanctions on airport service providers.
The suspension caps a day of rapid escalation. Early Tuesday, the Iraqi government said it would bar Iranian planes within two days in line with US sanctions. By Tuesday evening, an Iraqi official said airports had been instructed to ban Iranian aircraft from landing starting at midnight, and Iran's aviation authority confirmed the cancellation of flights from Tehran to Baghdad and Muscat, with Iraqi officials citing US sanctions on Iran's aviation sector as the reason.
What remains open is the scope of enforcement at other Iraqi airports and how Iranian airlines will respond to the suspension.
6 developments
- StrongUAE suspends Iranian airlines flights indefinitely, citing US sanctions
- StrongFlights suspended at Erbil airport until further notice, reports say
- StrongAmerica warns citizens to leave Iraq immediately as analysts predict multi-day campaign
- StrongSaudi outlet: US Treasury tells Iraq to seal land crossings with Iran, bar Iranian flights
Source and signal
- Open-source intake