UK energy giant has stopped supplying jet fuel to Iran Air at Hamburg airport in Germany.

It is not clear whether BP has ended all of its contracts with the airline.

Iran Air is the national carrier of Iran. Two of the airline’s aircraft have already been unable to refuel at Hamburg in July and have had to be diverted.

In June, the US imposed a further round of sanctions on Iran aimed at weakening Iran’s ability to finance and develop its nuclear programme. The sanctions ban the export of gas and petroleum products to Iran.

Airports in the UK and Germany have since refused to allow Iranian passenger planes to refuel.

However, Dubai International airport is still allowing Iranian planes to refuel (MEED 6:7:10).

Iranian airlines are now making alternative refuelling arrangements so that operations are not affected on longer routes to the UK and Europe.