Iran warns regional air traffic at risk if its flights are grounded
An Iranian leader's adviser warned Friday that if Iranian flights are halted, no country in the region will be allowed to operate air traffic.
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AIAn adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader warned on Friday that if Iranian air traffic is disrupted, no country in the region will be permitted to operate flights.
He stated, "If Iran is unable to operate flights, then no other country in the region will be able to do so either."
Iran has proposed to the United States reopening the Strait of Hormuz within seven days, according to Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who spoke to several foreign media outlets.
Araghchi, who is in New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly, conveyed Iran's conditions for reopening the strategic waterway to U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff on Tuesday. Maritime traffic through the strait has been severely disrupted since the outbreak of war in the Middle East.