Mohsen Mutadamkia, the director of public relations of the Ministry of Sports, wrote on the X social network that Iraq canceled the direct flight approval of the national football team from Tehran to Basra, Iraq, which was issued earlier, "in the 90th minute".
Following the cancellation of the national team's direct flight authorization from Tehran to Basra, Iraq, Amir Jalanoui's students took a flight from Tehran to Abadan and then traveled to Basra by land and bus.
The cancellation of the national team's direct flight from Tehran to Basra comes while in recent weeks the Astaghalal team traveled to Basra, Iraq, as well as Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Doha, Qatar on a direct flight to play in the Asian Premier League.
Although Tractor and Golgohar, the other representatives of Iran in Asia, arrived in the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf on a flight to Najaf and Baghdad.
Following the recent US sanctions against the aviation industry of the Islamic Republic of Iran, most international flights of Iranian and foreign airlines to and from Iranian airports have been suspended. Also, in recent weeks, several border crossings between Iran and Iraq have been closed.