A column of smoke rising from the area of the Oil refinery company in Tehran, Iran, June 15, 2025. Credit: Zuma / Splashnews.com / Splash / Profimedia
Iran announced on Wednesday the reopening of its air space in the east of the country, on the second day of the armistice with Israel that ended the 12 days of war, writes AFP.
The Iranian airspace was closed on June 13, after Israel launched an unprecedented attack on Iran.
“The airspace above the east of Iran has been reopened for international survings, as well as for domestic and international flights, but only to and from airports located in the east of the country,” said the spokesman of the Iranian Ministry of Transport, Majid Akhavan, quoted by the official IRNA agency.
He added that Mashhad Airport, which Israel claimed to hit during the war, was one of the reopen airports, the others being mainly in Chabahar, Zahedan and Jask.
Internal and international flights in the other regions of Iran, including the capital Tehran, “are not allowed to new orders,” he added.
The 12 -day war
Claiming that Iran was about to produce a nuclear weapon, Israel launched on June 13 a powerful campaign of air attacks that targeted Iranian military and nuclear infrastructures, attacks to which Tehran responded with ballistic missiles launched on Israel.
Iran was already conducting with the US negotiations on the nuclear program, but a new round of discussions that was established for June 15 did not take place after the triggering of Israeli bombings.
The United States came directly to the aid of Israel in this campaign and attacked Cruise rockets on Sunday and anti-tunic bombs Iranian installations for enriching the Fortow, Natanz and Isfahan, after which President Trump convinced Israel and Iran accept an armistice.
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