Sunday, September 24, 2017

Iran Closes Airspace to Iraq’s Kurdistan Region at Baghdad’s Request

Iran Closes Airspace
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) announced that the country has closed its airspace to all aircraft operating flights to and from Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region at the request of the Arab country’s central government.

SNSC Spokesman Keivan Khosravi said on Sunday that all Iranian flights departing for airports in Sulaymaniyah and Erbil in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region were stopped.

He added that all planes taking off from the Kurdistan Region are also prevented from entering the Iranian airspace.

Referring to the insistence of authorities in Kurdistan Region to hold an independence referendum despite Iran’s diplomatic efforts to dissuade them, the spokesman noted that Iran closed its airspace to the region at the request of the Baghdad government.
  (Tasnim)
 24/9/17

No comments :

Post a Comment

Only News

Featured Post

“The U.S. must stop supporting terrorists who are destroying Syria and her people" : US Congresswoman, Tulsi Gabbard

US Congresswoman, Tulsi Gabbard, recently visited Syria, and even met with President Bashar Al-Assad. She also visited the recently libe...

Blog Widget by LinkWithin