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Iranian airlines have halted flights to the United Arab Emirates amid tightening U.S. sanctions.
This was reported by Dilo, citing data from Bloomberg.
According to a statement from Iran's Civil Aviation Organization, all flights to the UAE were canceled as of Tuesday night local time, as reported by the semi-official Iranian Students' News Agency.
In Thursday's schedules, there were no recorded flights between Dubai's airports and Tehran's main foreign hub—the Imam Khomeini International Airport.
Meanwhile, the UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority and Dubai's aviation authority have so far refrained from official comments regarding the situation with Iranian flights.
Impact of U.S. sanctions
The new sanctions create significant risks of secondary restrictions for operators of foreign airports, as well as for companies that provide refueling and ground handling services to Iranian carriers.
Earlier, Tasnim Agency reported the suspension of Iranian aircraft from Baghdad and Muscat airspaces, and Mahan Air last week announced an indefinite suspension of flights to Turkey and Oman due to directives from local authorities.
Airspace isolation
Today only a few civilian air services in countries connected to Iran publicly imposed a full ban on Iranian carriers' flights, including Georgia and Azerbaijan.
The mass cancellation of flights will further isolate the country and severely limit its international connections.
It is worth noting that the number of foreign airlines with regular routes to Iran had already decreased before the scale of the military conflict began in February, forcing most overseas carriers to completely suspend flights to the country.
As a reminder, the United States imposed additional sanctions on Iran. The tightening of pressure comes six months after the start of Washington's military campaign against Iran.
Earlier, Trump threatened enormous financial consequences for banks, businesses, and governments of any countries that would assist Tehran. He promised "an economic war and unprecedented isolation on a scale of magnitude".
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