TEHRAN – Iran’s Supreme National Security Council has granted Qatari airplanes permission to fly over the Islamic Republic as the planes are banned from Saudi, Egyptian and UAE airspaces.

Qoliollah Qolizadeh, a member of the presiding board of the Parliament Civil Committee, told Tasnim on Saturday that given the recent disputes between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, the Qatari flights have used Iranian airspace over the past days.

On June 5 Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt introduced land, sea and air sanctions against Qatar.

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