This Loophole Lets The US Use Iranian Airspace To Fly Its Personnel To And From Afghanistan

On September 5, a NATO-chartered plane carrying over 100 U.S. personnel was forced to land in Bandar Abbas, an Iranian city on the northern shore of the Straight of Hormuz. For several hours, scores of Americans connected to the coalition war unexpectedly found themselves grounded in a country that the U.S. considers a leading state sponsor of terrorism, and hasn't had official diplomatic relations with the U.S. since 1980. The plane was detained because of what a senior state department officia...