Iran refuses plane carrying Iraqi lawmaker
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Baghdad, Oct 7 (Xinhua) Iran has refused the landing of a plane carrying Iraqi parliament speaker on its territory citing a technical problem at the airport, media reports said Monday.
Iran's embassy in Baghdad said in a statement that Mahmoud al-Mashhadani's plane was refused to land at the Tehran Airport because there was a technical problem there.
Iraqi media has reported that Mashhadani was on a one-day visit to Iran. He is scheduled to head to Syria Tuesday to attend the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union meeting, reports said.
Iran's Ambassador to Iraq Hassan Kazemi Qomi later apologised for the incident.
No further details were immediately avaliable.
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