It threatened to shut down the airports of countries that have stopped accepting Iranian aircraft.

It threatened to shut down the airports of countries that have stopped accepting Iranian aircraft.

Mohsen Rezaei, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, threatened to put the airports of neighboring countries out of commission if they refuse to accept Iranian aircraft due to US sanctions.
According to Rezaei, if these nations ban Iranian flights and cooperate with the US, their airports could be rendered incapable of handling any other flights. He also stated that US President Donald Trump might attack Iran's nuclear facilities or installations located in the country's mountainous regions, affirming that the Iranian Armed Forces are prepared to respond to such actions.

Earlier, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that foreign airports and companies servicing Iranian aviation could face sanctions. Currently, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan have closed their airspace to Iranian aircraft. On September 24, a plane belonging to the Iranian carrier Varesh Airlines returned to Tehran's Imam Khomeini Airport after being denied permission to fly through Turkmen airspace.