Iraq bars Iran football team’s plane from landing in Basra
Iran’s team reached Basra province by road on 10 November, Shafaq News said, after Iraq’s aviation authority refused its plane permission to land.
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Iran’s team reached Basra province by road on 10 November, Shafaq News said, after Iraq’s aviation authority refused its plane permission to land.
Iraq’s Civil Aviation Authority refused permission for a plane carrying Iran’s national football team to land at Basra airport on 10 November, two airport officials told Reuters. The team later reached Basra province by road, Shafaq News said.
The refusal followed Iraq’s September order suspending Iranian flights to Baghdad airport, after the US threatened sanctions against airports and service providers handling Iranian carriers.
An Iraqi civil aviation official said Iraq made the Basra decision because it could not risk violating US sanctions on Iranian airlines. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had warned that airports servicing those airlines could face sanctions, including exclusion from the US dollar system.
Al Jazeera reported that Washington announced sanctions on companies worldwide doing business with Iranian airlines after 23 September. The US also threatened secondary sanctions against airports and service providers handling Iranian carriers.
An Iranian consulate official in Basra said the aircraft returned to Iran and landed at Abadan airport, and that the team would continue by road. Shafaq News said its correspondent confirmed the team reached Basra province after crossing at Shalamcheh.
Iran traveled for a four-nation tournament with host Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine. Badr Nasser, head of the Iraqi Football Association’s Basra branch, said it opens on 13 November at Basra International Stadium. Iraq faces Lebanon in the opening match, and Iran is scheduled to play Palestine on 14 November.
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