Iran closes its border with Kurdistan at the request of Baghdad


 

Release Date: 2017/9/24 15:148 times read
(AFP) – At the request of the Iraqi government, all flights to Sulaymaniyah and Erbil airports have been suspended and transit planes from the Kurdistan region of Iraq have been stopped by Iranian airspace, the Supreme National Security Council spokesman said.
According to Iranian news agencies, a meeting of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council was held on Sunday morning to study the central government’s request to close the Iranian border with the region. He said that, given the lack of success of Iran’s recent political efforts and the insistence of officials in the Kurdistan region to hold the referendum, The Iranian air borders in front of flights originating from the Kurdistan region, at the request of the Iraqi government in Baghdad, ”

He said,” Based on that decision, has stopped all Iranian flights to airports in the Kurdistan region of Iraq as well, ”
Khosravi said that” the villages The hasty rush of some officials in the Kurdistan region will limit the ability and constructive dialogue of the Kurds in the sovereignty of Iraq and will make the security of the Kurds, Iraq and the region also face serious challenges. ”

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