A 22 September report quoted Badr parliamentary bloc spokesman Hamed Abbas al-Mousawi warning Baghdad and the Civil Aviation Authority against enforcing US restrictions on Iranian airlines. On 24 September, press reports quoted Nujaba executive council head Nazem al-Saeedi calling the disruption submission to US-Israeli dictates and Nujaba deputy secretary-general for media Hussein al-Mousawi calling it submission to US decisions and a dangerous rupture in relations between Iraq and Iran. These reports establish the officials’ objections; they do not settle the status of flights across Iraqi airports.
- en.964media.com22 Sept, 15:12
“a direct and strongly worded warning to the Iraqi government and the Civil Aviation Authority against the consequences of submitting to these unlawful decisions and becoming involved in their implementation”
a direct and strongly worded warning to the Iraqi government and the Civil Aviation Authority against the consequences of submitting to these unlawful decisions and becoming involved in their implementation
- The New Region24 Sept, 08:53
“acceding to the Zionist-American enemy and submitting to its dictates stands in complete contradiction to Iraq’s claims of sovereignty”
acceding to the Zionist-American enemy and submitting to its dictates stands in complete contradiction to Iraq’s claims of sovereignty
- 964media24 Sept, 13:53
“The measure is “a dangerous precedent and a rupture in international relations between the two neighboring Muslim countries,” said Hussein al-Mousawi, Nujaba’s deputy secretary-general for media, calling it “submission to the decisions of the American occupier””
The measure is “a dangerous precedent and a rupture in international relations between the two neighboring Muslim countries,” said Hussein al-Mousawi, Nujaba’s deputy secretary-general for media, calling it “submission to the decisions of the American occupier”
The named objections place Badr’s parliamentary bloc and Nujaba officials on the same side of the flight-curbs dispute, though the reports do not establish a joint statement or coordinated action.