(Tehran, July 3) — Iran has announced that its western and central airspace will be closed to all flights. This comes just four days after Iran allowed international transit flights to use its western and central airspace.
Iran’s Mehr News Agency quoted Majid Akhavan, spokesman for the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development, as saying on Wednesday (July 2) that a coordination committee of the Civil Aviation Organization made the decision after assessing security and safety issues.
Xinhua News Agency, citing Mehr News Agency's report, said that airports in southern and northern Iran—including Mehrabad Airport and Imam Khomeini International Airport in the capital Tehran—will remain closed. The eastern airspace of Iran, which was reopened on the 25th of last month, is not affected and will continue to allow international transit flights as well as domestic and international flights to and from eastern Iranian airports.
On June 28 last month, Iran announced the reopening of its western and central airspace to international transit flights. It remains unclear why the Civil Aviation Organization decided to re-close the western and central airspace just four days later. According to Mehr News Agency, some speculate that Israel may violate the ceasefire agreement and launch a new round of airstrikes against Iran.
At dawn on June 13, Israel launched a large-scale airstrike on Iran, prompting Iran to close its airspace, and respond with ballistic missiles and drones. On the 21st (US Eastern Time), President Trump announced that the US military had bombed three Iranian nuclear facilities. On the 23rd, Iran launched a retaliatory missile strike against the US Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar. A ceasefire between Iran and Israel followed on the 24th.
Iran’s Mehr News Agency quoted Majid Akhavan, spokesman for the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development, as saying on Wednesday (July 2) that a coordination committee of the Civil Aviation Organization made the decision after assessing security and safety issues.
Xinhua News Agency, citing Mehr News Agency's report, said that airports in southern and northern Iran—including Mehrabad Airport and Imam Khomeini International Airport in the capital Tehran—will remain closed. The eastern airspace of Iran, which was reopened on the 25th of last month, is not affected and will continue to allow international transit flights as well as domestic and international flights to and from eastern Iranian airports.
On June 28 last month, Iran announced the reopening of its western and central airspace to international transit flights. It remains unclear why the Civil Aviation Organization decided to re-close the western and central airspace just four days later. According to Mehr News Agency, some speculate that Israel may violate the ceasefire agreement and launch a new round of airstrikes against Iran.
At dawn on June 13, Israel launched a large-scale airstrike on Iran, prompting Iran to close its airspace, and respond with ballistic missiles and drones. On the 21st (US Eastern Time), President Trump announced that the US military had bombed three Iranian nuclear facilities. On the 23rd, Iran launched a retaliatory missile strike against the US Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar. A ceasefire between Iran and Israel followed on the 24th.