Iranian airports resume receiving, dispatching flights

Restrictions on flights imposed in Iran until the morning of October 7 have been lifted, a spokesman for the Iran Civil Aviation Authority said.

"Due to the removal of operational obstacles, the previously announced flight restrictions have been lifted. Flights have been operating normally since 11:00 p.m. local time (7:30 p.m. GMT),"  Jafar Yazarloo said.

Earlier, Iran's Civil Aviation Organization canceled flights from all airports starting from 5:30 p.m. GMT on October 6 to 2:30 a.m. GMT on October 7.