Tehran's Imam Khomeini Airport resumes commercial flights

Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport resumed international passenger flights on Saturday morning for the first time since the conflict with the US and Israel began about two months ago.

Iran’s state-run television reported that flights took off from the Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran bound for Istanbul, Oman’s capital of Muscat and the Saudi city of Madinah.

Iran partly reopened its airspace earlier this month amid a ceasefire with the US which halted fighting between the two countries.

The airport opening comes as Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with Pakistan's top military and political leaders since arriving in Islamabad on Friday night.

According to Pakistan's Foreign Ministry, the Iranian delegation will hold talks with Pakistan’s senior leadership as the US envoys were expected to travel to Islamabad Saturday. Officials have not specified when Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are due to arrive.

Earlier this week, Mashhad Airport serving Iran’s second-largest city in the far northeast also reopened, marking a gradual restoration of air travel operations in parts of the country.