Shafaq News/ Iran’s Civil Aviation Authority denied arequest from Lebanon’s Middle East Airlines (MEA) to land two aircraft inTehran, insisting that the request must be processed through Lebanon’s ForeignMinistry under bilateral regulations.
The Lebanese embassy in Tehran received MEA’s request, and theambassador to Iran is preparing an official letter to be sent to Iran’s ForeignMinistry, which would approve and relay the authorization to Iranian aviationauthorities. However, the ambassador warned that Friday’s public holiday inIran could delay the process.
The dispute left dozens of Lebanese passengers stranded atTehran’s airport for more than four hours after their scheduled Iran Air flightto Beirut was canceled due to the lack of landing clearance in Beirut.
A Beirut airport official stated that the airport received arequest from the Ministry of Public Works and Transport to inform Mahan Airthat two of its flights to Beirut—one scheduled for Thursday evening andanother for Friday—would not be permitted to land. The official added that bothflights had been postponed until next week, without specifying the reason.
In response, protesters blocked roads near Beirut’s airport,burning tires and condemning the Lebanese government’s decision as a violationof sovereignty. The backlash was amplified by an earlier statement from anIsraeli military spokesperson, who accused Iran’s Quds Force and Hezbollah of “exploiting”Beirut’s airport in recent weeks to smuggle funds for Hezbollah’s militaryoperations against Israel.
#عاجل ‼️ يستغل فيلق القدس الإيراني وحزب الله الارهابي على مدار الأسابيع الأخيرة #مطار_بيروت الدولي من خلال رحلات مدنية وذلك في محاولة لتهريب أموال مخصصة لتسلح حزب الله بهدف تنفيذ اعتداءات ضد دولة إسرائيل. ?يبقى جيش الدفاع على تواصل مع آلية المراقبة لتطبيق وقف إطلاق النار وينقل…
— افيخاي ادرعي (@AvichayAdraee) February 12, 2025Hezbollah rejected the allegations, denouncing Israel’s"escalating violations of Lebanese sovereignty" and accusing theinternational community—particularly the United States—of complicity. The groupcalled for global condemnation of Israel’s actions and urged internationalbodies to intervene.
The aviation dispute comes just weeks after Lebaneseauthorities conducted a thorough inspection of an Iranian plane carrying adiplomatic delegation on January 3, a move that sparked political controversy.
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