Iraqi Airways resumes Najaf–Iran flights as Tehran challenges US sanctions at ICAO
September 28, 2026 at 07:56 PM · Updated 17d ago
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7 reports · 6 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 23 hours
إليك ما نعرفه عن العقوبات الأمريكية المفروضة على قطاع الطيران الإيراني
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الخطوط الجوية العراقية تستأنف رحلاتها بين النجف والمطارات الإيرانية - اليوم السابع
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الخطوط العراقية تستأنف رحلاتها إلى إيران وحديث عن استثناء من العقوبات الأمريكية
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Flights between Iraq’s Najaf and Iran resumed as Tehran protests US curbs
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مطار النجف يفتح أبوابه أمام الرحلات الإيرانية خلال 24 ساعة | مصراوي
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إيران تشكو إلى "إيكاو" القيود على طيرانها وتطالب بإعادة فتح المسارات | مصراوي
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خلال 24 ساعة.. إجراء مرتقب بشأن حظر الرحلات الإيرانية إلى مطار النجف | المصري اليوم
(opens the publisher’s site)Iraqi Airways resumed flights between Najaf and Iranian airports Monday as Iran filed a complaint with ICAO against US aviation sanctions.
- Iraqi Airways resumed flights between Najaf and Iranian airports on Monday, days after suspensions linked to US secondary sanctions.
- Iran's civil aviation chief Abuzar Shiroudi said Tehran filed a formal complaint with the International Civil Aviation Organization against the US measures.
- Iraqi Ambassador to Iran Yasser Abdul Zahra al-Hajjaj said Najaf airport will receive Iranian flights within 24 hours.
- Reuters reported Washington is considering a one-month renewable exemption allowing Iraqi Airways to carry religious visitors between Iraq and Iran.
- US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said secondary sanctions would force Iranian airlines to halt operations from September 23.
- Iraqi presidencies met in Baghdad to support the government's demand to exempt Najaf airport from US Treasury sanctions.
- Iran said its ICAO complaint was filed in coordination with its foreign ministry and called the US restrictions illegal.
- An Iraqi government source told Al Arabiya that negotiations are underway with the Trump administration to allow Iranian aircraft to land exclusively at Najaf.
- Sanctions have cut Tehran airport's daily flights from 80-90 to 41, with Iran Air and Mahan Air the most affected.
- Iran plans to take its case against the US measures to the International Court of Justice.
- The UAE and Kuwait have suspended Iranian flights.