Iran airlines resume flights to Iraqi holy city after US exemption

Iran airlines resume flights to Iraqi holy city after US exemption

A passenger looks at a flight information display at Al-Najaf Al-Ashraf International Airport in the central holy city of Najaf on October 4, 2026. Photo by QASSEM AL-KAABI / AFP

Iranian airlines resumed flights to Iraq's Najaf on Sunday after the United States granted Baghdad an exemption allowing sanctioned Iranian carriers to operate to the city holy to Shia Muslims, an AFP correspondent said.