New US Sanctions Shut Down Iranian Flights
Iranian carriers canceled UAE flights after a U.S. sanctions deadline aimed at grounding Iran’s civilian fleet, officials said.
- On Thursday, Iranian flights to Gulf neighbours including Dubai were cancelled after a US deadline passed for global firms to halt work with Iranian airlines, a major step in President Donald Trump's campaign he calls 'economic D-Day'.
- With the US-Israeli war against Iran largely stalemated for months on the battlefield, Washington announced a shift to financial sanctions targeting third-country companies doing business with Iranian firms, a practice known as 'secondary sanctions'.
- Flight tracking data showed no Iranian arrivals or departures at Dubai and Abu Dhabi airports on Thursday, while Iranian carriers Qeshm and Varesh cancelled all UAE routes and flights to Oman, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Baghdad halted.
- On Wednesday, Iranian officials threatened to make regional airports 'unusable' if neighbouring countries complied with the US ban, warning that sustained restrictions could deepen Iran's economic crisis amid existing port blockades.
- The sanctions follow months of escalating Middle East tensions since Trump and Israel launched 'Operation Epic Fury' in February, with nearly 130,000 Yemenis now displaced by intensifying Houthi-Saudi conflict this month.
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Iran's airlines have completely stopped all flights to the United Arab Emirates since midnight on 24 September, reporting to ISNA. Iran's airlines have cancelled all flights to the UAE, transmits RIA News with reference to ISNA. The reasons for this decision and the source of the information remain undisclosed. "After midnight, all Iranian flights to the UAE have been cancelled," states a communication. The official status of flights between cou…
The United Arab Emirates no longer welcomes Iranian airlines. In doing so, the country complies with American sanctions against Iran intended to increase economic pressure on the country.
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The United Arab Emirates is banning all flights by Iranian airlines to avoid being hit by US sanctions. – All flights by Iranian airlines to the United Arab Emirates have been suspended since midnight, the Iranian news agency ISNA reported on Thursday. A passenger said that a flight from Tehran to Dubai […]
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