{"id":959517,"date":"2026-11-10T16:04:19","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T16:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/959517\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T16:04:19","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T16:04:19","slug":"iraq-bars-iranian-football-teams-plane-from-landing-in-basra-report-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/959517\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraq bars Iranian football team\u2019s plane from landing in Basra: Report | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__subhead\">Decision by the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority reportedly related to \u2060US sanctions imposed on Iranian airlines.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"avatar\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/author\/al_jazeera_staff_150119130629458\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1794326659_765_2017-06-08T131939Z_1189275883_RC11B0FE7F20_RTRMADP_3_GULF-QATAR-JAZEERA-1714943623.jpg\"   aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Published On 10 Nov 202610 Nov 2026<\/p>\n<p>Iraq barred a plane carrying Iran\u2019s national football \u2060team from \u2060landing at Basra airport on Tuesday, a decision by the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority linked to \u2060<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/9\/17\/what-are-all-the-sanctions-iran-is-under\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sanctions by the United States<\/a> imposed on Iranian airlines, two Basra airport officials told the Reuters news agency.<\/p>\n<p>The plane returned to Iran and landed \u2060at Abadan airport, and the team will now travel by road to Basra, an Iranian consulate official in Basra said.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/6\/16\/football-upstages-politics-as-iranians-rally-behind-their-team-at-world-cup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Iranian team<\/a> was travelling to Iraq to participate in a \u200cfour-nation tournament in Basra also involving Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine.<\/p>\n<p>An Iraqi civil aviation official said Iraq made the decision because it could not risk violating US sanctions on Iranian airlines.<\/p>\n<p>The incident highlights the increasing impact of US sanctions on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news-analysis\/2026\/10\/16\/us-sanctions-leave-iranians-facing-flight-cancellations-and-soaring-costs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Iranian aviation operations<\/a> in Iraq. \u2060<\/p>\n<p>Washington announced sanctions on any global companies doing business with Iranian airlines after September 23, aiming to ground Iran\u2019s entire civil fleet worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>In September, Iraq ordered the suspension of Iranian flights to Baghdad airport after the US threatened secondary sanctions against airports and service providers that handle Iranian carriers.<\/p>\n<p>US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned that airports servicing Iranian airlines could face sanctions, including exclusion from the US \u200cdollar system.<\/p>\n<p>This warning was part of a broader effort to tighten restrictions on Iran\u2019s transport sector and on \u200cforeign \u200centities providing services to sanctioned Iranian airlines.<\/p>\n<p>Intensified sanctions are part of a US bid to squeeze Iran economically as President Donald Trump struggles to end the war that the US and Israel launched on the country in February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Decision by the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority reportedly related to \u2060US sanctions imposed on Iranian airlines. 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