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Asharq Al-Awsat
16-02-2025
- Politics
- Asharq Al-Awsat
Lebanon Tells Iran Its Flights to Beirut Suspended till Feb 18
Lebanese aviation officials have told Iran that Iranian flights to Beirut are suspended until Tuesday, Hossein Pourfarzaneh, head of Iran's Civil Aviation Organization, was quoted as saying on Sunday by the Iranian state news agency IRNA. Lebanon denied permission for Iranian flights to land in Beirut twice this week after the United States warned Israel might shoot the planes down, a Lebanese security source told AFP Saturday. The first incident occurred on Thursday, when Lebanese authorities sent word to Iran that a Beirut-bound flight should not take off. 'Through the Americans, Israel informed the Lebanese state that it would target the airport if the Iranian plane landed in Lebanon,' the source said. 'The American side told the Lebanese side that Israel was serious about its threat,' the source added. Lebanon's public works and transport ministry then refused clearance for the flight, after consulting the prime minister and president, the source added. The message was passed on before the flight took off, said the source. Another flight was also barred from taking off from Iran on Friday, which prompted protests in Lebanon from supporters of the Iran-backed Hezbollah group, who blocked the road to the country's only international airport. 'The security of Beirut airport takes precedence over any other consideration,' Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Saturday. 'And the safety of travelers as well as the safety of Lebanese citizens are elements on which we will not compromise.' Israel has on several occasions accused Hezbollah of using the airport in Beirut to bring in weapons from Iran. The group -- and Lebanese leaders -- have denied those allegations. A fragile ceasefire has been in place in Lebanon since November 27, after more than a year of hostilities and two of months of open war between Israel and Hezbollah there.
MTV Lebanon
16-02-2025
- Politics
- MTV Lebanon
Iranian flights are suspended to Lebanon until February 18
The Iranian News Agency announced that "Lebanon has informed Iran of the suspension of Iranian flights to Beirut until February 18." Hossein Pourfarzaneh, the head of the Iranian Civil Aviation Organization, stated that, due to the security issues currently prevailing at Beirut Airport, all flights to Lebanon have been canceled until at least the 18th of this month. Pourfarzaneh commented on the news of Israel's threat to target Iranian flights heading to Lebanon, saying: "I haven't heard of any threat, but based on the correspondence between the Iranian Civil Aviation Organization and Lebanon, the Lebanese side requested that, due to the specific security conditions in Beirut and the cancellation of all international flights, Iranian flights to Beirut be suspended until February 18. Therefore, the operations for transporting Iranian passengers will be halted during this period."
Middle East Eye
16-02-2025
- Politics
- Middle East Eye
Lebanon tells Iran its flights to Beirut suspended until Feb 18
Lebanese aviation officials have told Iran that Iranian flights to Beirut are suspended until Tuesday, Hossein Pourfarzaneh, head of Iran's Civil Aviation Organisation, was quoted as saying by the Iranian state news agency IRNA on Sunday. Reporting by Reuters
