Iran receives its first foreign flights after a 20-day hiatus

Imam Khomeini International Airport in Iran has received its first international flights after a 20 day fiery hiatus, The Associated Press reported on July 4th.

The Student News Network said that Mehdi Ramezani, the spokesman for Iran’s Civil Aviation Organisation, has confirmed that a Flydubai flight coming from the United Arab Emirates landed at the airport on July 5th. This followed extensive security and diplomatic coordination.

As renewed coordination develops, suspended routes will progressively resume to certain destinations, to meet public needs and reopen links.

Throughout what is being dubbed as the ‘12 day war’, and in its aftermath, the skies above the Persian Plateau have been conspicuously clear of civil aviation.

During the reciprocal volleys of missiles between Israel, Iran, and subsequently the United States, a threat of a major, prolonged conflict loomed above the Middle East.

Maghrebi reported on the panic at the height of hostilities, when Iran attempted a failed assault on American assets in nearby Qatar. Hostilities subsided seemingly at the behest of the Trump administration, which put pressure on both sides to seek a ceasefire. But the US dropped 30,000 pound bombs on three of Iran’s main nuclear facilities before it brokered a ceasefire.

Ramezani said that the resumption of civilian passenger flights at Iran’s principal airport marks a “new phase of stability” for Iran’s civil aviation sector. He assured that calm and smart oversight of the nation’s airspace had now resumed.

The Associated Press, Student News Network. Maghrebi.org