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More airlines to avoid the Gulf
More international airlines have stopped flying over airspace controlled by Iran, following the shooting down of a US surveillance drone earlier this week.
More international airlines have stopped flying over airspace controlled by Iran, following the shooting down of a US surveillance drone earlier this week. We hear a British military view and also about life inside Iran under sanctions.
Also in the programme: Mauritania elections; and Mongolian metal.
Picture: An Iranian man walks next to a wall painting in a street of Tehran, Iran, 22 June 2019 Credit: EPA
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