Iran says Germany,Britain,UAE refuse fuel to its planes

TEHRAN, July 5 | Mon Jul 5, 2010 8:11am EDT

TEHRAN, July 5 (Reuters) - Iran said on Monday that Germany, Britain and the United Arab Emirates were refusing to provide fuel to Iranian passenger planes following U.S. unilateral sanctions on the Islamic state, the ISNA news agency reported.

"Since last week, our planes have been refused fuel at airports in Britain, Germany and U.A.E because of the sanctions imposed by America," Mehdi Aliyari, Secretary of Iranian Airlines Union, told ISNA news agency. (Writing by Parisa Hafezi, Tehran newsroom)

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