All flights from Iranian airports were canceled from Sunday to 6am local time on Monday due to ‘operational restrictions’, although the restrictions were reportedly lifted hours in advance.
Iranian state media quoted a spokesperson for Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization as announcing the first flight cancellations.
State media said the flights had been canceled due to operational restrictions, although no further details were provided.
Around midnight, state media reported that flight restrictions in Iran had been lifted after safe conditions were assured. The announcement came hours before the grounding was due to end.
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Iran imposed flight restrictions last Tuesday as it launched a barrage of ballistic missiles at Israel, in an attack that Israel vowed to respond to.
Iran bombed Israel with 181 rockets last week in retaliation according to the regime for the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut, Lebanon, in an Israeli airstrike in September and the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in July.
Meanwhile, Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon have exchanged attacks with Israel since the war Israel-Hamas war started on October 7.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday called out Western leaders who he said had called for an arms embargo on Israel over the airstrikes on Hamas in Gaza.
“As Israel fights the forces of barbarism led by Iran, all civilized countries must stand firmly with Israel, but President Macron and other Western leaders are now calling for arms embargoes against Israel. Shame on you,” Netanyahu said in a statement.
Fox News Digital’s Stephen Sorace and Reuters contributed to this report.
Original article source: Iran lifts flight restrictions ahead of schedule after grounding all flights due to ‘operational restrictions’