The restriction on foreign flights of Iranian passenger planes is expanding and in the last few hours it was announced that the flights to and from Iran will be stopped from Najaf, Sulaimani and Erbil airports in Iraq. In the past, with the implementation of the new sanctions of the US Treasury Department, the flight of Iranian planes to Baghdad airport was also stopped.

The restriction on foreign flights of Iranian passenger planes is expanding and in the last few hours it was announced that the flights to and from Iran will be stopped from Najaf, Sulaimani and Erbil airports in Iraq. In the past, with the implementation of the new sanctions of the US Treasury Department, the flight of Iranian planes to Baghdad airport was also stopped.

Two sources told the Reuters news agency that Erbil and Sulaimani airports in Iraq will stop Iranian flights from Friday, the 3rd of Mahar.

Ramin Kashif Azar, CEO of the Imam Khomeini Airport City Company, told the Iranian media that "it was announced today (Friday) at 02:00 that the Najaf airport is closed to Iranian flights" and "no new decision was made to resume these flights".

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