All flights from Iranian airports were canceled from Sunday until 6 a.m. local time on Monday due to “operational restrictions,” the report said, but the restrictions were lifted a few hours earlier.
Iranian state media quoted a spokesperson for Iran’s Civil Aviation Authority, who announced the cancellation of the first flight.
State media said the flight was canceled due to operational restrictions, but no further details were provided.
State media reported around midnight that flight restrictions in Iran had been lifted after safe conditions were ensured. The announcement came hours before the grounding was scheduled to end.
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Iran suspended all domestic and international flights from Sunday to Monday at 6 a.m. local time. (Ali Mohammadi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Iran imposed flight restrictions last Tuesday when it fired a barrage of ballistic missiles at Israel, an attack that Israel has vowed to counter.
Last week, Iran attacked Israel with 181 missiles, the latest in an Israeli airstrike that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut, Lebanon, in September and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in July. The regime claimed it was revenge for the killing.
Meanwhile, since the Israel-Hamas war began on October 7, Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon have exchanged attacks with Israel.
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Rockets fired from Iran are seen over Jerusalem from Hebron in the West Bank on October 1, 2024. (Wissam Hashramoon/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday called on Western leaders to call for an arms embargo on Israel over airstrikes against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
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“All civilized nations should stand firmly on Israel’s side as it fights barbaric forces led by Iran, but President Macron and other Western leaders are now calling for an arms embargo against Israel,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement. It’s shameful.”
Fox News Digital’s Stephen Sorace and Reuters contributed to this report.
Greg Wenner is a breaking news reporter for Fox News Digital.
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