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(Share)         (https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=https://www.jpost.com/)      Follow us on Google     (The plane carrying the Iran's National football team flies over Los Angeles International Airport before landing on June 14, 2026, on the eve of the 2026 World Cup football match between Iran and New Zealand.) (The plane carrying the Iran's National football team flies over Los Angeles International Airport before landing on June 14, 2026, on the eve of the 2026 World Cup football match between Iran and New Zealand.)   The plane carrying the Iran's National football team flies over Los Angeles International Airport before landing on June 14, 2026, on the eve of the 2026 World Cup football match between Iran and New Zealand. (photo credit: ETIENNE LAURENT/AFP via Getty Images )    By REUTERS    SEPTEMBER 22, 2026 22:53  Updated:  SEPTEMBER 24, 2026 18:39   Iraq ordered its civil aviation authority to (https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-909210) suspend Iranian flights to Baghdad airport starting Wednesday, two sources told Reuters , after the United States threatened to sanction any airport that services Iranian carriers.  US (https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-907385) Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Monday that all Iranian airlines would be shut down on September 23 by the threat of secondary sanctions on air services providers, seven months into the war between the United States and Iran.   The Iraqi government is discussing diverting Iranian Airways flights from Baghdad to Najaf airport, two sources familiar with the matter said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter.  The suspension of flights will begin at midnight on Wednesday.  Iranian news agency Tasnim said earlier, citing the Iranian Civil (https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-909323) Aviation Organization, that flights from Tehran to Baghdad and Muscat have been canceled starting Wednesday and that all the remaining international flights, including Istanbul, will operate according to schedule.   (People walk near a giant billboard depicting portrayals of Iran's slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei through various periods in his life, in Baghdad's central Tahrir Square on September 22, 2026.)  People walk near a giant billboard depicting portrayals of Iran's slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei through various periods in his life, in Baghdad's central Tahrir Square on September 22, 2026. 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