On 25 September, Badr parliamentary bloc chief and Security and Defense Committee member Mahdi Taqi al-Amarli called for an urgent government review of what he described as closures of Iraqi airspace and commercial borders with Iran. Speaking in a caption published by Unit 10,000 (KH — affiliated), he said the measures harmed Iraqi markets and travel and that he would take a further “position and decision.” The same channel carried separate objections attributed to Najaf Friday prayer imam Sayyid Sadr al-Din al-Qabbanchi and the Al-Juwaber tribes; no government decision confirming the closures is established by these statements.
- Unit 10,000KH — affiliated25 Sept, 14:13
“The Al-Juwaber Arab tribes condemn the unjust American air blockade against the Iranian people.”
عشائر آل جويبر العربية الاصيلة تستنكر الحصار الامريكي الجوي الجائر على الشعب الايراني المؤمن.
- Unit 10,000KH — affiliated25 Sept, 14:29
“Najaf Friday prayer imam Sayyid Sadr al-Din al-Qabbanchi: It is not right for Iraq to respond to these unjust sanctions, and no party in the conflict may impose on us a position that does not serve our people, interests or identity.”
إمام جمعة النجف الاشرف السيد صدر الدين القبانجي : ليس من الصحيح استجابة العراق لهذه العقوبات الظالمة ولا يجوز أن يفرض علينا طرف في المعركة موقفًا لا يخدم شعبنا ولا مصالحنا ولا هويتنا.
- Unit 10,000KH — affiliated25 Sept, 16:10
“MP Mahdi Taqi al-Amarli, a Security and Defense Committee member... an unjust, ill-considered decision to close Iraqi airspace and commercial borders with Iran, which harmed the Iraqi market and prevented visitors and travellers from going to and from Iraq... the government must review the decision urgently, and we will take a position and decision regarding what the government is doing.”
النائب مهدي تقي الامرلي عضو لجنة الأمن والدفاع ... قرار مجحف غير مدروس بأغلاق الأجواء العراقية والحدود التجارية مع إيران والذي أثر سلباً على السوق العراقي ومنع الزوار والمسافرين من الذهاب والإياب للعراق ... على الحكومة مراجعة القرار بالسرعة العاجلة وسيكون لنا موقف وقرار اتجاه ما تقوم به الحكومة
Al-Amarli’s stated next step is less specific than his demand for urgent review: he did not define the “position and decision” he said he would take.