Iran last night grounded all flights from its airports hours after Israel vowed revenge for a barrage of missiles the Islamic regime fired at it on Tuesday
The ban will last from 9pm local time on Sunday (6.30pm GMT) and 6am on Monday (3.30am GMT) Iranian state media said.
The flights were canceled due to operational restrictions, state media cited the Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization as saying, without providing further details.
State media said there would be exceptions for ’emergency flight, ferry flights and state aircraft’.
Iran implemented restrictions on flights on Tuesday when it launched missiles at Israel, in an attack to which Israel vowed to respond.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday morning warned Iran the attack would not go unpunished.
‘Although we have not yet completed the removal of the threat, we have clearly changed the course of the war and shifted the balance of the war. And we are not done yet,’ he said.
‘Iran has twice launched hundreds of missiles into our territory, in one of the largest ballistic missile attacks in history.
‘No country in the world would accept such an attack on its cities and citizens, and nor will Israel.
‘Israel has the duty and the right to defend itself and respond to these attacks, and it will do so.’
Tehran earlier this week said any retaliation would be met with ‘vast destruction’, raising fears of a wider war.
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