Iran ordered jet carrying Americans to land because of expenses and paperwork

Official warns US that Iran strongly defends its territory

Chartered jet allowed to proceed to Dubai after several hours

Iran ordered a commercial aircraft chartered by the US-led military coalition in Afghanistan to land in the Islamic Republic so it could pay expenses and complete paperwork, an official there said on Saturday.

The comments by Mansour Haghighatpour, a member of the parliamentary committee on national security and foreign policy, are the first official word from Iran over the diversion on Friday of the chartered flight from the Dubai-based low-cost carrier flydubai.

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