Iran Minister Scraps Trip After Hungary Bars Plane, Shargh Says
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Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi canceled a trip to the Netherlands this week after Hungary said it wouldn’t allow his plane to enter its airspace, Iran’s Shargh newspaper said, citing an official in Tehran.
Hungary said the refusal to give clearance to the aircraft was due to technical problems, an explanation the unidentified Foreign Ministry official described as unconvincing, the Tehran-based paper reported. The ministry has sought an explanation from the Hungarian ambassador in Tehran, it said.