
BREAKING: US Lifts Terror Sanctions on Iraqi Airline Accused of Flying Weapons for Iran’s Quds Force
The United States has removed counterterrorism sanctions from Fly Baghdad, an Iraqi airline previously accused of transporting weapons, fighters and funds for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force and its terrorist proxies across the region.
The Treasury Department also delisted two Boeing 737 aircraft operated by the airline. Three names appearing in the removal notice — Fly Baghdad, Fly Baghdad Airlines Company and Iraq Express — refer to the same carrier, not three separate airlines.

Fly Baghdad was originally sanctioned after Washington said it delivered weapons to Syria for the IRGC-QF, Hezbollah, Kata’ib Hezbollah and other Iran-backed forces. The airline’s CEO remains sanctioned, with Treasury now linking him directly to the IRGC-QF.
Treasury gave no explanation for the removal. It comes as Washington and Tehran close in on a possible agreement concerning the Strait of Hormuz, though no direct connection between the negotiations and the delisting has been confirmed.