Iranian Flights to Najaf Set to Resume Within 24 Hours

Yasser al-Hajjaj, Iraq's ambassador in Tehran, said on Monday, 28 September 2026 (6 Mehr 1405) that Najaf International Airport will reopen to flights from Iran within the next 24 hours. ISNA carried the announcement, and Donya-e-Eqtesad, EcoIran, Khabar Online and Boursenews also reported it. Earlier the same day, the head of Iran's Civil Aviation Organization told Mehr News Agency that talks on resuming Iranian flights to Iraq were continuing, and that flights would likely resume first at Najaf and then at Baghdad.

Najaf airport had stopped accepting Iranian flights from the early hours of Friday, 25 September (3 Mehr), a few days after Baghdad airport dropped out of Iran's flight network following US aviation sanctions on Iran. On Saturday, 26 September (4 Mehr), al-Hajjaj told Iraq's official news agency that the suspension of flights was "temporary and transient". The Najaf route is one of the busiest foreign routes for Iranian airlines.