Iran prohibits NATO jets to pass its airspace
Tehran has informed International Civil Aviation Organization
(ICAO) that it won't allow certain aircraft to pass through its
airspace.
Commander of Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Air Defense Base Brigadier
General Farzad Esmaili said that NATO aircraft are among those that
don't have permission to enter Iran's airspace, Fars News Agency
reported.
"Military and extra-regional aircraft are not allowed to pass
through Iran, either," he added.
Esmaili went on to note that Iran forced an International Security
Assistance Force (ISAF) aircraft to land in Bandar Abbas airport in
September, 2014.
"The plane was carrying around 100 American soldiers. At first the
pilot tried to trick us by saying that it was a civil plane, but we
found out the truth and forced it to land on Iranian soil," he
noted.
Deputy CEO for Aeronautical Operations at Iran Airports Company
(IAC) Ebrahim Shoushtari said on Aug. 4 that the country's airspace
has the capacity to receive over 750 passing flights each day.
Shoushtari said earlier that, following the International Civil
Aviation Organization (ICAO)'s request, Iran declared readiness to
admit passing flights which intend to change their route and use
Iran's aerial space.
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