Iran has officially reopened its airspace after a temporary suspension of most flight activity triggered by security threats from the United States.
According to notices released by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the closure affected two specific windows on Thursday from 1:45am to 4am and again from 4:44am to 7am local time, reports Al Jazeera.
During these periods, all commercial flights were prohibited from entering the area unless they had obtained “prior approval” from Iran’s Civil Aviation Organisation (CAO).
Data from the flight tracking service FlightRadar highlighted the impact of these restrictions, showing only three aircraft over Iran at 6:05am local time, while dozens of other planes were forced to fly around the country’s borders.
Iran’s airspace reopened at about 7am local time. These security measures come in the wake of threats from US President Donald Trump to launch an attack on Iran, following the Iranian government’s deadly crackdown on domestic antigovernment protests.
