Iran has closed its airspace to all flights to and from the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in Iraq at the request of the country’s federal government, Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) said. “At the request of the central government of Iraq, all flights from Iran to Sulaymaniyah and Erbil airports ...
Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani on Saturday delayed a scheduled news conference on a controversial independence referendum he has called for next week as pressure mounts for a postponement. There has been uncertainty about whether the vote will go ahead as Iraq’s key allies the United States and Iran, as ...
