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The United States has granted Iraqi airlines a sanctions waiver allowing them to fly Iranian pilgrims in and out of the Iraqi city of Najaf, holy to Shia Muslims, an Iraqi government official and an airport source told AFP.
Iraqi Airways has resumed its flights between Najaf and Iranian airports amid new US sanctions on Iran’s aviation sector.
Thousands of Iraqis have staged rallies countrywide to denounce the Baghdad government’s decision to suspend all flights to and from Iran.