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Reuters · Iran · 22 Sept 2026

The headline editorialises, the legal stakes go unmentioned, and the civilian cost of sanctions is ignored.

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scored on 2 of 11 measures · thin coverage

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Headline analysisSanctions framing

Iraq suspends Iranian flights to Baghdad after US sanctions threat, sources say

Sept 22 (Reuters) - Iraq ordered its civil aviation authority to suspend Iranian flights to Baghdad airport starting ​Wednesday, two sources told Reuters, after the United States ‌threatened to sanction any airport that services Iranian carriers. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Monday that all Iranian airlines would ​be shut down on September 23 by the threat ​of secondary sanctions on air services providers, seven ⁠months into the war between the United States and ​Iran. Sign up here. The Iraqi government is discussing diverting Iranian Airways flights from ​Baghdad to Najaf airport, two sources familiar with the matter said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the ​matter. The suspension of flights will begin Wednesday midnight. Iranian news ​agency Tasnim said earlier, citing the Iranian Civil Aviation Organization, that ‌flights ⁠from Tehran to Baghdad and Muscat have been canceled starting Wednesday and that all the remaining international flights including Istanbul will operate according to schedule. "Iranian travelers are not currently ​being admitted at ​the airport ⁠in Oman, and consultations regarding this matter are ongoing," a spokesperson for Iran's Civil Aviation ​Organization told Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency. Bessent ​told CNBC ⁠that when Iranian airlines land at an airport, "you cannot provide them with fuel, you cannot provide them with landing ⁠services, you ​cannot sell them tickets, or ​you will be knocked out of the dollar system." Reporting by Yomna Ehab, Ahmed ​Rasheed, Aref Mohammed and ElWely ElWelly; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. , opens new tab Suggested Topics: Middle East X Facebook Linkedin Email Link Purchase Licensing Rights

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