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DUBAI: Iranian airlines were barred from neighbouring countries including the UAE and Oman on Thursday (Sep 24) in response to new US sanctions, the first big impact of a shift in US policy to target companies in third countries that do business with Iran. The General Civil Aviation Authority of the United Arab Emirates, the Middle East’s biggest travel hub, said that as a result of the new US policy it was suspending all flights by Iranian airlines until further notice. Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported that flights had also been shut down to Oman, Georgia and Azerbaijan, and to…
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