Expanded U.S. Treasury sanctions on Iran’s aviation sector fueled reports that Iraq might suspend flights to and from Iran. Erbil International Airport director Ahmad Hoshyar said the airport had not received an official notice and that any airspace ban would have to come from Iraq’s Civil Aviation Authority, while Mahan Air’s Kurdistan representative likewise said no formal cancellation order had been received and that the scheduled Tuesday flight remained in place. Iranian media reported that Iraq would halt all Iran-related flights from September 22, whereas Agence France-Presse cited an Iraqi source saying the ban would begin in line with the U.S. sanctions. Any reciprocal suspension of Iraqi flights to Iran would depend on Tehran’s response.

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