BERLIN: Lufthansa, the flag carrier on Wednesday announced to suspend its flight operations to and from Tehran from Thursday April 11, because of the current situation in the Middle East.
A spokesperson for the airlines said the company is constantly monitoring the situation in the Middle East and they are in close contact with the local authorities.
It said that the safety of its passengers and crew members is Lufthansa’s top priority.
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Wednesday said that Israel must be punished and it shall be for attacking the Iran embassy’s compound in Syria.
In a major escalation of Israel’s conflict with regional rivals, suspected Israeli warplanes targeted Iran’s consulate in the Syrian capital on April 1 in a strike that killed seven Iranian military advisers.
