Iran warns regional air journey may very well be halted due to ban on its airways

Mohammad Sio

Iran warned on Friday that air journey throughout the area may very well be disrupted if Iranian airways proceed to be denied entry to flights and airport providers.

Tehran is not going to settle for regional nations “aligning themselves with hostile US policies against Iran,” Mohammad Mokhber, a senior adviser to Iran’s supreme chief, stated in a put up on US social media firm X.

“Our strategy on this matter is clear: Either air travel in the region is available to everyone or to no one,” stated Mokhber.

“If Iran cannot travel by air and receive airport services, no country in the region will be able to do so either,” he added in a thinly veiled menace.

Mokhber stated the choice by regional nations to align with Washington in implementing “hostile policies” will stay within the reminiscence of the Iranian folks.

His feedback got here after restrictions on Iranian airways expanded this week amid US sanctions concentrating on Tehran’s worldwide operations.

Iraq’s Najaf International Airport suspended all flights to and from Iran on Friday till additional discover, citing directives from authorities.

The United Arab Emirates additionally suspended flights by Iranian airways to and from Iran on Thursday till additional discover, with its General Civil Aviation Authority citing US restrictions imposed on Iranian carriers.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated this week that Iranian airways’ operations worldwide will come to a halt as of Sept. 23 as a part of new sanctions, as efforts to finish the US-Israeli conflict on Iran proceed.

Talks have stalled regardless of a June memorandum to achieve a last peace due to disagreements regarding navigation by means of the Strait of Hormuz, one of many world’s most essential strategic routes for vitality and items provides.