An Iranian official, on July 5, alleged that the country’s aircraft had been denied fuel in Germany, Britain and the United Arab Emirates as a result of tighter US sanctions, but those countries did not confirm imposing any ban. Pressure is mounting on Iran over its nuclear programme and the United States has stepped up its push to isolate Tehran economically. “Since last week, our planes have been refused fuelling at airports in Britain, Germany and UAE because of the sanctions imposed by America,” said Mehdi Aliyari, secretary of the Iranian Airlines Union. However, a British government spokesman said it was unaware of any Iranian planes being denied fuel in Britain. The German Transport Ministry said there was no ban on refuelling Iranian aircraft, and an airport in the UAE said it was honouring contracts to fill Iranian aircraft normally.
IRAN’S PLANES DENIED FUEL IN GERMANY, BRITAIN, UAE
IRAN’S PLANES DENIED FUEL IN GERMANY, BRITAIN, UAE