Report: Iranian Airlines Operating 24 Intl. Flights Daily

Flights schedule at Imam Khomeini Airport indicated that Iranian airlines operating at least 24 international flights. The flight schedule for Imam Khomeini Airport City shows domestic airlines are conducting at least 24 outbound and inbound flights to 11 international destinations. Regarding outbound flights from Imam Khomeini Airport, the following airlines are operating (or have operated) flights: Zagros (Tehran-Ankara); Taban and Varesh (Tehran-Istanbul); Airtour (Tehran-Yerevan/Armenia and Tehran-Izmir); Ata (Tehran-Istanbul); Iran Air (Tehran-Istanbul); Caspian (Tehran-Istanbul); and Mahan (Tehran-Beijing, Tehran-Shanghai, Tehran-Guangzhou, and Tehran-Ho Chi Minh City). Inbound flights, airlines including Varesh, Ata, Zagros, Meraj, Mahan, Caspian, Saha, Airtour, and Taban are operating flights from cities such as Dushanbe (Tajikistan), Istanbul, Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Moscow, and Ankara. Previously, the U.S. government had coerced nations into accepting sanctions against Iranian airlines; while some countries halted flights to/from Iran under U.S. pressure, others refused to do so. - Kayhan