After the U.S. announced new sanctions on Iranian carriers, Iraqi sources said Basra International Airport had suspended all flights to and from Iran. Mehr news agency reporting from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Airport says that is incorrect: Imam Khomeini PR manager Ali Kashani Heydari told reporters Iran has no services to or from Basra, so none were cancelled. Flights from Imam Khomeini to Najaf and Baghdad remain scheduled and are operating as planned.

Chinese President Xi met Indian Prime Minister Modi in New Delhi on Sept. 12 during the BRICS leaders' meeting. Xi set out four priorities: calibrate strategic perceptions and treat China and India as partners rather than rivals, viewing each other as development opportunities not threats; pursue cooperation-for-win mutual benefit, focusing on development, expanding people-to-people exchanges and direct flights, and addressing bilateral trade concerns to promote healthy, stable economic ties; apply mutual respect and understanding to remove disruptions, pursue a dual-track approach advancing overall bilateral relations while managing border issues to keep frontier areas peaceful; and strengthen mutual support and coordination in multilateral forums — BRICS, the UN, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the G20 — to defend international fairness and justice.

印度總理莫迪：金磚國家聯合聲明已通過。