Iran closes airspace to Iraqi Kurdistan Region upon Baghdad request

Senior national security official announced on Sunday that Iran has closed its air space to Iraqi Kurdistan Region upon a request by the latter’s central government. Iran halted all its flights to airports of the cities of Sulaymaniyah and Erbil and closed its air space to the all passing flights from the Iraqi kurdistan Region upon request of Iraq’s central government,’ said Supreme National Security Council Spokesman Kayvan Khosravi. He made the announcement while speaking to reporters after an extraordinary session of the SNSC held on Sunday morning to discuss a request by the Iraqi central government concerning closure of Iran’s borders with Iraqi Kurdistan Region. “Iran’s aerial borders were closed to flights from the Iraqi Kurdistan Region based on a request by the central government of that country after Tehran’s political well-wishing efforts were ineffective and due to the insistence of officials of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region for holding a referendum,” said the spokesman.