Hezbollah and Lebanese officials have denied Israel’s claims to use Beirut airports to arm the group.
Iran accused Israel of disrupting flights from Tehran to Beirut after the Iranian plane was denied permission to land in the Lebanon capital.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Friday that Israel had threatened a passenger plane carrying Lebanese citizens from Tehran.
He condemned the alleged threat to Israel as a violation of international law. He also called on the International Civil Aviation Organization and other global organizations to “stop Israel’s dangerous actions towards the safety and security of civil aviation.”
Later on Friday, Iran bans Lebanese planes from repatriating dozens of Lebanese citizens left behind in Iran and will not allow Lebanese flights to land until they are cleaned up to land in Beirut. I stated.
Iran’s ambassador to Beirut Mojtaba Amani told Iranian state television on Friday that Iran would allow planes to land only if Iranian flights are allowed to move to Beirut.
“It is certainly acceptable to the Lebanese government’s demands, provided that they do not interfere with Iran’s flight,” he said.
The standoff left dozens of Lebanese citizens left behind in Iran for three days after attending a religious pilgrimage.
Baghaei’s statement did not specify the nature of the threat attributed to Israel, but Israeli Army spokesman said that Iranian elite Quds forces and groups of Lebanese groups used civilian flights to Beirut It came after claiming it had been smuggled.
Hezbollah and Lebanese officials have denied Israel’s claim that Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut was used to arm the group.
Israel has repeatedly accused Hezbollah of using Lebanon’s only airport to move weapons from Iran. Israeli forces struck the area last year during a war with Lebanese armed groups.
On Thursday, Lebanon’s Civil Aviation Director said that they had “temporarily rescheduled” some flights from Iran until February 18, when “additional security measures” were in place.
That date coincides with the deadline for the full implementation of the Israeli-Hezbollah ceasefire agreement.
Late Thursday, a crowd of Lebanese supporters in Hezbollah blocked Beirut Airport Road and burned tires to protest the decision.
