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ReportedDiplomacy & politicsTehran, Iran; Baghdad, Iraq; Muscat, Oman

Baghdad and Muscat airports to stop accepting Iranian flights as US sanctions loom

Mountain Time
Local time
9:38 PM in Tehran
Where
Tehran, Iran; Baghdad, Iraq; Muscat, Oman

An Iranian civil aviation spokesman told Tasnim that Baghdad and Muscat airports "will no longer accept Iranian flights" from midnight and that Iran was working to divert Baghdad flights to Najaf; two sources told Reuters Iraq had ordered its civil aviation authority to suspend Iranian flights to Baghdad from Wednesday. Other routes, including Istanbul, were operating normally; Iraqi government sources had told AFP on Monday that Baghdad would comply with the US ban.

Why it matters

It was the first concrete enforcement by Iran's neighbors of Washington's aviation squeeze; Iran's plan to divert Baghdad flights to Najaf, the main pilgrim route, is the next test.

Sources (5)

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Correction

  • Corrected the time from 10:08 PM Dubai time, Sep 22, 2026 to 9:38 PM Tehran time, Sep 22, 2026; corrected the headline (it read "Iran cancels flights to Iraq and Oman starting Wednesday midnight"); revised the summary; revised the context note; corrected the location from Tehran, Iran to Tehran, Iran; Baghdad, Iraq; Muscat, Oman; reclassified it from aviation to sanctions; updated the sourcing note; merged 2 duplicate entries into this one ("Iraq orders suspension of Iranian flights to Baghdad", "Expanded US sanctions ground Iranian flights to Baghdad and Muscat"); added 3 sources: Khaleej Times live updates (AFP), The Times of Israel live blog, Al Jazeera live blog. Why and evidence