Will shut Iranian flights from Wednesday: US new arm-twist move against Tehran

US treasury secretary Scott Bessent said Iranian airlines could "effectively be shut out of global operations" from Wednesday and threatened foreign companies providing services to Tehran’s aviation sector with secondary sanctions.Bessent on Monday said, “on September 23, all the Iranian airlines will be shut down around the world”.“If they land, you cannot provide them with fuel, you cannot provide them with landing services, you cannot sell them tickets, or you will be knocked out of the dollar system,” Bessent said, according to Al Jazeera.The warning comes as the Trump administration expands its sanctions campaign aimed at restricting Iran’s access to international financial and commercial networks.Earlier this month, the US treasury department imposed sanctions on additional Iranian airlines as well as companies outside Iran accused of supporting Tehran’s aviation sector.Iran’s aviation industry has already faced years of US sanctions, limiting Iranian carriers’ ability to acquire new aircraft and access spare parts…