Britain, Germany, UAE say continue fuelling services for Iran

Iranian officials announced Monday that airports in Britain, Germany and the United Arab Emirates had started to refuse to refuel passenger planes from Iran. However, the three countries denied these reports.

"Since last week, after the passing of the unilateral law by America and the sanctions against Iran, airports in England, Germany, and the UAE have refused to give fuel to Iranian planes," ISNA news agency quoted Mehdi Aliyari, Secretary of the Iranian Airlines Union, as saying.

A spokesperson for British government said as quoted by AFP: "At present Her Majesty’s Government is not aware of any occasions when fuel has been refused in the UK."

An official from Dubai’s airport said Iranian planes were still able to refuel. "Iranian planes traveling to and from Dubai through Dubai International Airport still enjoy the refueling service," he is quoted as saying.

The Ministry of Transport of Germany said in a statement that neither US nor United Nations sanctions covered the refueling of Iranian passenger planes. "It is not correct," Mohammad Reza Rajabi, the head of the airline's operations in Germany, told AFP. “Flights and fuelling services had continued without interruption in Germany,” he said.