EU airspace closed for Iran Air

The European Air Security committee has closed EU airspace for two thirds of Iran Air planes, the committee's spokesperson Helen Kerns said, RIA Novosti reports.

This measures concern all of the Iranian company's  Airbus-320, Boeing-727 and Boeing-727 planes. Kerns stressed that this decision had no political motives and was dictated by security concerns only.

Iran Air is the major Iranian Air company, with a fleet of some 50 planes