Aviation

October 9, 2026 | Bridget Toomey, Ahmad Sharawi

Iranian Airlines Expand Trips to Iraq Despite U.S. Sanctions

Operation Economic Outcast has disrupted Iranian aviation, prompting major regional hubs, including the United Arab Emirates and Oman, to suspend flights by Iranian carriers for fear of facing U.S. sanctions....

October 1, 2026 | Bridget Toomey |

Washington Decides Complete Ban on Iran-Iraq Flights Is Not Worth the Political Cost

Iraq has received another carve out in Iran-related sanctions. After U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that “all the Iranian airlines will be shut down around the world,” all flights between...

September 10, 2026 | Janatan Sayeh |

U.S. Sanctions on Iranian Aviation Should Be Followed by Operational Isolation

Washington first tightened the chokehold on Tehran at sea and is now extending it to the skies. On September 8, the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned all 27 remaining active Iranian airlines...

January 20, 2023 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Sanctions Have Hurt Iran’s Aviation Sector, But Not Enough

There is more the U.S. can do to keep the Islamic Republic from using planes to support dictators and terrorists.

June 30, 2021 | Toby Dershowitz, Dylan Gresik

International Civil Aviation Organization

June 30, 2008 | Long War Journal

Iraqi Security Forces Five Year Plan: An updated projection

 In August 2007, the Projected Iraqi Security Forces Five Year Plan (end-2012), a rough estimate of the end-state for Iraqi forces, was published. Additional information and details have sin...