The first commercial flight operated by a foreign airline to fly into Iran since the outbreak of the Middle East war landed, state media reported, after the United States granted a sanctions waiver for Iraq’s national carrier to fly to the Islamic republic, AFP reports.
State TV broadcast a short video of the Iraqi Airways flight landing in capital Tehran from Iraq’s Najaf, a city holy to Shia Muslims, adding that it was a round-trip service.
“Operated by Iraqi Airways, the flight took off from Najaf Airport and landed successfully at Imam Khomeini Airport in Tehran at 6:50 am (0320 GMT),” state TV said.
