Iran Air Cancels All Flights to Beirut until Further Notice

Iran’s flag carrier airline the Iran Air has suspended all of its flights to and from Lebanon's capital Beirut after the security situation in the Arab country deteriorated because of the assassination of Hezbollah leader Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah.

“All flights by the airline to Beirut are cancelled until further notice,” said Iran Air spokesman Hessam Ghorbanali on Saturday.

Ghorbanali said passengers will be notified of any decision to resume flights between Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport and Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport.

The announcement came hours after Hezbollah confirmed reports that the secretary general of the Lebanese resistance movement had been assassinated in an Israeli airstrike a day earlier targeting buildings in south of Beirut.

In a statement last week, Iran Air had urged passengers of its flights between Tehran and Beirut to avoid carrying pagers and handheld radios. It came days after thousands of pagers exploded in Lebanon, leading to injuries for Hezbollah members and others and leaving several people dead. The explosions, which were blamed on Israel, were swiftly followed by a similar incident for people using handheld radios. - Press TV