Iranian planes continue to fly to several countries, including Turkey

Iranian planes continue to fly to several countries, including Turkey

An investigation of flight tracking systems shows that on the morning of Wednesday, October 1, there were still several international flights of Iranian companies to countries in the region.

🔸 The US Treasury announced in the past that the international activity of Iran's airlines will be suspended from October 1 with the application of secondary sanctions.

According to the data of these systems, on Wednesday morning planes flew from the cities of Tehran, Mashhad, Shiraz and Gurgan to destinations in Turkey, including Istanbul and Ankara.

Also, the flights of the Iranian planes towards the cities of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and Yerevan in Armenia were seen in the flight tracking systems.

The website of the "Imam Khomeini" airport in Tehran also featured flights from Tehran to cities such as Istanbul and Ankara in Turkey, Najaf in Iraq and Shanghai and Guangzhou in China. Meanwhile, in the last hours of Tuesday, the Republic of Azerbaijan announced the suspension of Iranian airlines' flights to that country, and Iranian aviation officials also announced that Baghdad and Muscat airports would not accept Iranian flights from Wednesday morning.

Majed Akhavan, a spokesman for the Civil Aviation Organization, told Iranian media on Tuesday: "Starting at 24:00 tonight local time, the airports of Baghdad and Muscat will not accept Iranian flights."

He added: "We are in the process of coordinating and consulting so that the flights destined for Baghdad will be diverted to the Najaf airport."

Hours before these statements, the airline of the Republic of Salami, Iranair, announced that it had not yet received a notice or order to stop or suspend the company's flights from the authorities of Turkey, Azerbaijan and Iraq, and accordingly it would continue its flights to these countries. 🔸 Scott Best, the US Treasury Secretary, said on Monday that the international operations of Iran's airlines will be suspended with the application of secondary sanctions.

Read the full version of this report on Radio Perda's website.