Iran Resumes Flights After Israeli Attack In Tehran, Other Provinces
Iran
“Flights will return to normal from 9:00 am (0530 GMT) on Saturday,” the spokesperson of the Civil Aviation Organisation said, according to the official IRNA news agency.
Iran announced on Saturday the resumption of flights after a brief suspension following an Israeli attack that targeted several military sites in the country.
“Flights will return to normal from 9:00 am (0530 GMT) on Saturday,” the spokesperson of the Civil Aviation Organisation said, according to the official IRNA news agency.
Iran’s National Air Defence Headquarters had earlier confirmed that Israel attacked military centers in Tehran, Khuzestan and Ilam provinces.
It had said: “The integrated air defense system successfully tracked and countered this aggressive action, though limited damage was caused to some locations, and the dimensions of this incident are currently under investigation.”
SaharaReporters earlier reported that the Israeli Defence Forces finally struck military sites in Iran early on Saturday, saying it was retaliating against Tehran’s missile attack on Israel this month, the latest clash in the escalating conflict between the heavily armed rivals.
Hours later, the Israeli military had said it had completed the strikes and achieved its objectives, warning Iran not to respond.
A semi-official Iranian news agency vowed a “proportional reaction” to the Israeli moves against Tehran.
Iranian media had reported multiple explosions over several hours in the capital and at nearby military bases, starting shortly after 2am.
Before dawn, Israel’s public broadcaster said three waves of strikes had been completed and that the operation was over.
The Middle East has been on edge awaiting Israel’s retaliation for a ballistic-missile barrage carried out by Iran on Oct. 1, in which it fired around 200 missiles at Israel, killing one person in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
Tensions between arch rivals Israel and Iran have escalated since Hamas, the Iran-backed Palestinian militant group based in Gaza, attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. Hamas has been supported by Lebanon-based Hezbollah militants, also backed by Iran.
Fears that Iran and the U.S. would be drawn into a regional war have risen with Israel’s intensifying assault on Hezbollah since last month, including airstrikes on the Lebanese capital Beirut and a ground operation, as well as its year-old war in Gaza.
