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Iran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport has welcomed its first foreign flight since the resumption of international air travel after a 20-day suspension, local media reported on Friday.
According to Student News Network, Mehdi Ramezani, spokesperson for Iran’s Civil Aviation Organisation, confirmed the Flydubai flight from the United Arab Emirates landed in Tehran on Wednesday, after extensive security and diplomatic coordination.
The landing marks a “new phase of stability” for Iran’s aviation sector, Ramezani said, after a recent 12-day conflict with Israel.
He added that it represented a return to calm and intelligent management of the nation’s airspace.
International flights will gradually resume to specific destinations in coordination with authorities, to meet public needs and restore air links, he said.
Iran and Israel agreed to a ceasefire last month after a bloody conflict that saw Israel striking hundreds of Iranian military infrastructure targets and nuclear-related sites, and Iran firing missiles at Israel in return.
The truce was brokered by the US after it dropped 30,000 pound “bunker buster” bombs on three of Iran’s key nuclear sites.
