Iran lifts flight restrictions after recent escalation with Israel

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's Civil Aviation Authority announced Monday that flight restrictions imposed during recent hostilities with Israel have been lifted. Authority head Mohammad Hassan Khosrojerdi said air traffic will gradually return to normal operations. The decision follows mutual escalation between the two countries over the past hours. Iran's Quds Force, the extraterritorial operations arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, said its recent attacks against Israel had been completed. The announcements came amid heightened regional tensions and concerns about the stability of an undeclared understanding between Tehran and Jerusalem. The aviation authority said airspace regulations will resume normal operations and that officials are working to restore scheduled flights to their previous patterns. No further details were immediately available on the timeline for full normalization of air traffic.