TEHRAN, Mar. 15 (MNA) – Civil Aviation Organization of Iran (CAO) in a statement announced that all flights of Iranian and Iraqi airlines from Iraq were suspended for a period of one week effective as of Mar. 14 due to the UK COVID-19 variant.

Due to the outbreak of a new type of UK coronavirus and in order to observe necessary precautions and protect health of citizens, effective measures have been taken in this regard, the statement added.

Also, all domestic airlines are obliged to inform passengers of the case timely, CAO announced.

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