After Israel allegedly attacked the Iranian embassy in Damascus, Tehran repeats its threats to retaliate. Lufthansa is now drawing conclusions due to the tense situation.
In view of Iran’s threats against Israel, Lufthansa is continuing to suspend flights to and from the Iranian capital Tehran. “Due to the current situation, after careful evaluation, Lufthansa is suspending its flights to and from Tehran until Saturday, April 13th,” said a company spokesman.
The safety of passengers and crew is always the top priority; The airline does not rely solely on government assessments, but rather assesses the current security situation itself and then decides independently, it said.
Lufthansa had already announced last Saturday that it would suspend its flights until Thursday and stated: “We are constantly monitoring the situation in the Middle East and are in close contact with the authorities.”
Tensions between Israel and Iran are increasing
Threats of retaliation from Tehran have increased following a suspected Israeli attack on the Iranian embassy compound in the Syrian capital Damascus, in which two Iranian Revolutionary Guard generals were killed. The attack was like an attack on Iranian territory and Israel must be punished, Iran’s head of state Ayatollah Ali Khamenei recently said.
Israel had declared that it would not leave unanswered a possible attack by Iran on its territory.