On 26 September, Al-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official) attributed to Sheikh Hummam Hamoudi condemnation of restrictions on Iranian flights and a call for Iraq not to participate in what he termed military, economic and media aggression against Iran, but to break the siege. The channel also reported his call for an emergency meeting of Coordination Framework leaders to discuss airport closures. Al-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official) separately reported a Najaf clerical gathering’s condemnation of what it called the U.S. decision affecting flights at Iraqi holy-site airports.
- Al-Nujaba TVNujaba — official26 Sept, 22:35
“Sheikh Hummam Hamoudi: We condemn the unjust and inhuman siege that criminal Trump imposed on Iranian flights.”
الشيخ همام حمودي: ندين ونستنكر الحصار الظالم واللاإنساني الذي فرضه المجرم ترامب على رحلات الطيران الإيراني
- Al-Nujaba TVNujaba — official26 Sept, 22:37
“Sheikh Hummam Hamoudi: It is forbidden for us to participate in the siege and military, economic and media aggression against Iran; rather, it must be broken.”
الشيخ همام حمودي: حرام علينا أن نشارك في الحصار والعدوان العسكري والاقتصادي والإعلامي على إيران بل يجب كسره
- Al-Nujaba TVNujaba — official26 Sept, 22:38
“Sheikh Hummam Hamoudi calls on Coordination Framework leaders to hold an emergency meeting to discuss the decision to close airports.”
الشيخ همام حمودي يدعو قادة الإطار التنسيقي لعقد اجتماع طارئ لمناقشة قرار غلق المطارات
- Al-Ghadeer TVBadr Organization — official26 Sept, 23:36
“The Najaf clerical gathering condemns the unjust American decision preventing Iranian flights at the airports of Iraq’s holy sites.”
التجمع العلمائي في النجف الاشرف يستنكر القرار الامريكي الجائر في منع الطيران الايراني في مطارات عراق المقدسات
The same flight dispute is being voiced as a religious objection and as a request for a meeting of political leaders, with Hamoudi explicitly calling for action against the measures.