🇮🇷|Iran's Supreme National Security Council has issued a final warning to neighboring countries: if you ban our flights, your airports will see no flights either.
US Treasury Secretary Bessent stated: any airport that refuels Iranian aircraft or provides landing services will be expelled from the US dollar system.
Iraq has halted flights to Baghdad. Oman has closed its airspace. Georgia has imposed a total ban. Azerbaijan has officially suspended operations. Turkish Airlines, AJet, and Pegasus Airlines have suspended flights until March 2027.
Iran’s response has arrived.
The Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council issued a clear warning to neighboring countries:
"If you ban our flights and cooperate with the US, your airports will see no flights."
"If you side with the US, we will not stand idly by."
This is not a "threat." It is a symmetrical response.
You close your airspace; I close mine. You ban my planes from landing; I ban your planes from overflying. You cooperate with the US blockade; I make you experience the cost of that blockade.
This is not "Iran escalating." This is "Iran saying: if you choose a side, you must bear the consequences."
Iraq, Oman, Georgia, and Azerbaijan they thought they were "avoiding trouble." They thought that by yielding to pressure from Washington, they could protect themselves. They forgot that geography does not change. Iran is their neighbor; the US is a distant "ally."
When US aircraft carriers leave, Iran remains. When US sanctions are lifted, Iran remains. When US attention shifts elsewhere, Iran remains.
These countries are using their airports to foot the bill for Washington's wars. And Iran is telling them in a language they understand what the cost will be.
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