Iran War: In final UN speech, Macron sharply criticizes Trump and Israel
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In a recent speech prior to the United Nations, President Macron criticized both Donald Trump and Israel harshly. The Islamic Republic of Iran is compelled to suspend international flights in the region due to extensive US sanctions, reported the news agency ISNA. Reporting on the statement from the Iranian aviation authority, this includes Baghdad’s airport in Iraq and Maskat in Oman which will no longer accept Iranian flights starting the following Wednesday.
According to a spokesperson for the authority, efforts are being made to reroute flights to another airport in Iraq. Moreover, flights from Iranian airlines to neighboring Azerbaijan have been canceled immediately, according to Shargh newspaper based on information from Azerbaijan Airlines. As of Tuesday, there were no known flight disruptions.
On Monday, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced additional pressure on Iran’s aviation sector, stating that all Iranian airlines would be grounded worldwide starting Wednesday. This would be achieved by putting pressure on third countries. He threatened countries with exclusion from the US dollar system if they continued to allow Iranian airlines to operate.
The US has not succeeded in reopening the Strait of Hormuz and now faces a new problem: the Bab al-Mandab strait, stated Safawi. Military pressure from the US suggests that this vital strait will not be reopened.
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