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Iraq's Najaf International Airport suspended all flights to and from Iran from 2 a.m. on Friday, September 25, until further notice, its administration said. Airport director Hussein Muhanna said the halt followed a directive from the prime minister's office, after Iranian flights to Baghdad were also stopped amid a U.S. threat to sanction any airport serving sanctioned Iranian airlines. Hours later, Mohammad Mokhber, an adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader, said flights in the region are "either free for everyone or for no one," warning that if Iran cannot fly and receive airport services, no country in the region will. Najaf is a main gateway for Iranian pilgrims visiting Shiite shrines.

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Courtroom-sketch editorial illustration of an archival August 2025 morning view of the Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf, Iraq, its golden dome and minarets rising above a tiled facade; context for the pilgrimage city whose airport halted flights to and from Iran, not the September 2026 suspension itself, rendered in warm ochre and slate-blue pastel strokes.

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The Iran War

834 events
  1. Netanyahu Tells U.N. Striking Iran's Nuclear Sites Was One of His 'Easiest Decisions'
  2. Senate Rejects Iran War Powers Resolution 49-50 as Four Republicans Back It
  3. Pezeshkian Says Iran Does Not Seek Nuclear Weapons, Denies Directing Houthis
  4. Miliband Tells Araghchi UK Will Combat Iran-Linked Threats, Including to British Jews
  5. U.S. Senate Rejects Iran War Powers Resolution in 50-49 Vote
  6. Iran's U.N. Delegate Refuses Starlink Terminal Danon Offered After Netanyahu Speech
  7. Iran’s Mokhber Threatens Regional Air Travel as Iraq’s Najaf Halts Iranian Flights
  8. Pezeshkian Welcomes Xi's Call for U.S. and Iran to Return to Islamabad Memorandum
  9. Iraq Says It Is in Direct Talks With U.S. to Exempt Some Airports From Iranian Airline Ban
  10. Iran's Defense Ministry Says Strategic Military Capabilities Were Moved Underground
  11. Iraqi Deputy Speaker Calls Iran Flight Ban Unconstitutional, Warns of Emergency Session
  12. China Says Xi and Trump Agreed Iran Should Honor Its Pledge Not to Build Nuclear Weapons
  13. Iran's Security Council Denies Military Retaliation Plan Over Flight Restrictions

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