The spokesman for Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization has announced that contrary to rumors circulating, the Iranian airspace is open, and there are no flight restrictions.

A seniorIranian military commander says the countrys air defenses work as an integrated network, which provides full protection for Irans entire airspace, guaranteeing complete security for all authorized aircraft. Brigadier General Qader Rahimzadeh, commander of the country's Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base, which serves to coordinate air defense ...

Iran has been offering discounts to major international airlines amid efforts by the government to boost transit income by increasing the number of flights through the countrys airspace. Transportation minister Mohammad Eslami said on Sunday that the government had already approved a plan by Iran Airports and Air Navigation Company (IAC) to cut ...

MNA - Islamic Republic of Iran assured European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) on the safety its airspace after the coronavirus global pandemic. Vice President for Aeronautical and International Affairs at the Civil Aviation Organization of Iran (CAO) Morteza Dehghan made the remarks on Fri. and said, negotiations have been made with EASA and ...

Bloomberg - The European Aviation Safety Agency warned that passenger jets flying through Iranian airspace risk being accidentally targeted by the countrys air-defense systems. Due to the hazardous security situation, and poor coordination between civil aviation and military operations, there is a risk of misidentification of civil aircraft, EASA ...

MNA The Commander of Iranian Air Defence Force noted that 24-hour full protection and monitoring of Iran's airspace is the duty of Iran's Air Defence. The Commander of Iranian Air Defence Force, Brigadier General Alireza Sabahi Fard made some marks in his visit to different sections of an Air Defence groups in Fordow a northeast city of Qom province ...

Reuters - Iran is drawing up plans to offer discounts to some foreign airlines using its airspace, state news agency IRNA quoted a senior aviation official as saying on Saturday, after a slump in flights due to the coronavirus pandemic and regional tensions. Nasser Aghaei, director of the state-run Iran Airports and Air Navigation Company, said ...

Tasnim The Islamic Republic of Irans Air Defense has shooed away an intruding F-18 fighter jet over the Persian Gulf, IRIB reported. A video released by the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) showed a foreign F-18 warplane approaching the Iranian airspace over the countrys southern waters on March 20. The Iranian Air Defense has given ...

Reuters - European airlines can return to parts of Iranian and Iraqi airspace, the EU Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) said on Wednesday, three weeks after Iran accidentally shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet amid an exchange of hostilities with U.S. forces in Iraq Following an EU aviation security risk group meeting, EASA said it was lifting temporary ...

ILNA - Managing Director of Iran Airports and Air Navigation Company Siavash Amir Makri said Irans revenue from overflight fees was about $300-350 billion a year. Speaking to ILNA news agency on Wednesday, the Iranian official said that many flights have been avoiding Iranian airspace by taking a more northerly route over Afghanistan and Pakistan ...

TASS - The Federal Air Transport Agency added that Russian plane crews had not noted any negative factors in the work of the Iranian air control Russian airlines continue to use Irans airspace, the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency informed on its website. "Russian airlines continue to use Irans airspace with security measures recommended ...

Press TV - The US government is trying to scare commercial flights away from the Iranian airspace, raising the stakes in its maximum pressure campaign which has failed to bend the nation. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Tuesday warned airlines to exercise caution while flying over the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, where tensions have ...

Sputnik - The statement comes after Iran downed a US surveillance drone, stating it had violated the country's airspace. The US Central Command, however, claimed that the aircraft was shot down while operating over international waters in the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani stated on Wednesday that if another American drone crossed ...

Reuters - Iran has closed its airspace to Boeing 737 Max aircraft, the semi-official news agency Fars reported on Friday, following two fatal crashes in five months involving that type of plane. A ... ban on the passage of the Boeing Max aircraft through Irans skies has been issued as has been the case with other countries, Reza Jafarzadeh, head ...

ISNA - Head of the Iranian Space Agency (ISA) Morteza Barari announced that the space technology in Iran has grown 134 percent. Announcing that space economy in Iran has grown 134 percent over past 10 years, Dr. Barari said, However, the average growth of space economy in the world is 17.4 percent. Dr. Barari said the share of space economy in ...

Tasnim An Iranian official dismissed a warning from the US to the airlines operating over Iran, saying the attempts by Western media to damage the image of Irans airspace would have no impact in practice. In comments on Wednesday, director of Iran Civil Aviation Organizations public relations department said the US warning against the Iranian airspace ...

MNA Irans Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base commander has rejected recently alleged aerial incursion into Iranian airspace as false and worthless. Those reports do not deserve attention as they are issued by the enemies media, said Brigadier General Farzad Esmaeili on Monday, in an apparent reference to Kuwaiti Al-Jarida newspapers report on March ...

IFP - A commentator says the rumour that two Israeli F-35 stealth jets had entered Irans airspace and returned safe is extremely funny. Defence-Security expert Mohammad-Reza Ahmadi has, in an opinion piece published on the Persian-language website Mizan Online, analyzed the rumour that two Israeli F-35 warplanes have entered Irans airspace without ...

Tasnim A bright light that streaked across the sky on Tuesday evening and was seen in many Iranian cities was a Russian ballistic missile, a top Iranian Air Defense commander said. The bright light that captured the attention of residents in a number of Iranian cities on Tuesday evening was a Russian RS-12M ballistic missile launched from an area ...

Tasnim Commander of Irans Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier General Farzad Esmaili highlighted the effectiveness of the countrys integrated air defense network and said the Islamic Republics airspace is the most secure in the region. In a statement issued on Tuesday ahead of the upcoming anniversary of the establishment of Khatam al-Anbia ...