Lebanon extends suspension of flights from and to Iran, Lebanese presidency says

Lebanon has extended the suspension of flights to and from Iran, the Lebanese presidency said following a cabinet meeting today, without clarifying the period of the extension, Reuters reports.

Lebanon halted an Iranian flight to Beirut last week after the Israeli military accused Tehran of using civilian aircraft to smuggle cash to Beirut to arm the Lebanese group Hezbollah.

In a Thursday statement published by Lebanon’s National News Agency, Beirut’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation said the government was asking some airlines to “temporarily reschedule” flights to Lebanon while it implements “some additional security measures.”

Iran said in turn it would not allow Lebanese flights to land until its own flights were cleared to land in Beirut.

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