{
  "id": 8990981,
  "title": "Iranian airlines to be cut off from global system as US Treasury announces secondary sanctions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/iranian-airlines-to-be-cut-off-from-global-system-as-us-treasury",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-21T19:46:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jerusalem Post",
    "slug": "jerusalem-post",
    "url": "https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-909210"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The United States Treasury Department announced on Monday that foreign companies providing services to Iranian airlines will be subject to secondary sanctions starting September 23, effectively grounding the airlines globally, according to US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Bessent stated on CNBC that the move would prevent these carriers from operating at airports worldwide, as they would be barred from receiving fuel, landing services, and ticket sales. He emphasized that the US threat extends beyond the airlines themselves to include airports, fuel suppliers, ticketing agencies, and other service providers. \"If they land, they cannot be supplied with fuel or landing services, nor can tickets be sold for them; otherwise, you will be cut off from the dollar system,\" Bessent warned. This decision follows the Treasury's recent sanctions on all active Iranian airlines not previously on sanctions lists, as part of the Trump administration's Operation Economic Outcast aimed at increasing economic pressure on Tehran amid ongoing conflict with Iran.",
  "summary": "The move is part of the Trump administration’s Operation Economic Outcast, designed to ramp up economic pressure on Tehran alongside the conflict with Iran.",
  "key_points": [
    "US Treasury to impose secondary sanctions on Sept 23",
    "Foreign firms aiding Iranian airlines barred from global operations",
    "Ban includes fuel, landing services, ticket sales, and dollar system"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "US-Iran War Live News Updates: All Iranian airlines to be shut down worldwide on Sept 23: US official Bessent",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/us-iran-war-live-news-updates-all-iranian-airlines-to-be-shut-down",
        "published": "2026-09-21T23:04:40.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "ICAC Operation Rosny LIVE updates: Former AFP officer, private investigator Shane De Kauwe to give evidence",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/icac-operation-rosny-live-updates-former-afp-officer-private",
        "published": "2026-09-21T23:31:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "ICAC Operation Rosny LIVE updates: Former AFP officer, private investigator Shane De Kauwe to give evidence",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/icac-operation-rosny-live-updates-former-afp-officer-private-9032834",
        "published": "2026-09-21T23:31:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Live Mint",
        "title": "US-Iran War LIVE: US threatens Iran airlines with shutdown; oil prices edge higher",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/us-iran-war-live-us-threatens-iran-airlines-with-shutdown-oil-prices",
        "published": "2026-09-22T01:04:03.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}