Iran airspace appears to reopen after temporary closure amid ongoing protests

Iran appeared to reopen its airspace on Thursday after a sudden in a single day closure disrupted flights within the area, at the same time as airways continued to largely keep away from the nation amid heightened safety warnings and ongoing regional tensions.

The in a single day closure lasted about 5 hours after a Discover to Air Missions, or NOTAM, was issuedThat is reported by the aviation threat monitoring website Secure Airspace.

Secure Airspace warns that the best hazard to civil plane in Iranian airspace is misidentification by air protection techniques throughout heightened tensions, with the general threat stage at present rated as ‘One – Do Not Fly’.

TRUMP SAYS US WILL TAKE ‘VERY STRONG ACTION’ AGAINST IRAN IF REGIME START HANGING PROTESTERS

The empty airspace over Iran is seen on this screenshot from FlightRadar24 on January 15, 2026, amid heightened tensions and issues about doable army motion between america and Iran. (FlightRadar24.com/Handout by way of REUTERS)

President Donald Trump advised reporters within the Oval Workplace on Wednesday that he had been knowledgeable that the killing of protesters in Iran had “stopped.”

“We’ve got been very strongly knowledgeable, however we are going to discover out what that every one means. However we’ve got been advised that the killing in Iran will cease,” he mentioned.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., disagreed with Trump, writing on X that each indication he has seen reveals the Iranian regime’s killing of anti-government protesters “remains to be in full swing.”

‘The demise toll is rising by the hour. I hope assistance is on the best way,” he wrote.

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Iranians attend an anti-government protest in Tehran, Iran, January 9, 2026. (UGC by way of AP)

The US-based Human Rights Activists Information Company (HRANA), which tracks human rights abuses in Iran, mentioned on Wednesday that nationwide protests continued into their 18th day as authorities maintained a near-total web shutdown.

The group’s compiled figures confirmed 617 protest rallies in 187 cities throughout the nation, the arrest of at the very least 18,470 individuals and the confirmed deaths of two,615 people.

HRANA mentioned 2,435 of the useless have been protesters, together with 13 youngsters beneath 18.

TOP Iranian official downplays demise toll, blames ‘Israeli plot’ as US considers strikes

Vehicles burn in a road throughout a protest in opposition to the collapse of the forex in Tehran, Iran, January 8, 2026. (Stringer/West Asia Information Company by way of REUTERS)

Trump has threatened motion in opposition to the regime and warned Tehran in a number of Reality Social posts to cease killing its individuals.

“We’re locked and loaded and able to go,” he wrote on New Yr’s Day.

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The president mentioned Tuesday he had canceled all conferences with Iranian officers and known as on demonstrators to “TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!!!”

“Save the names of the murderers and abusers. They are going to pay a excessive worth,” Trump wrote, including, “Assistance is on the best way.”