The Iraqi Ministry of Transportation announced that Baghdad International Airport is temporarily closed due to "urgent technical issues".

On the 25th, the Iraqi side announced that the Iraqi Ministry of Transport issued a statement to explain the closure of Baghdad International Airport. The spokesman of the Iraqi Ministry of Transport, Maysam Saffi, stated that Baghdad International Airport was temporarily closed due to "emergency technical problems", and a technical team has started evaluating and repairing the issue. It is expected that the airport will reopen in the next few hours. Saffi explicitly denied the claims circulating on some media platforms and websites about so-called "local or international security issues" hindering the reopening of the airport. Saffi emphasized that "these reports have no basis, and no official or credible sources."