Iran bans pagers, walkie-talkies on flights after attacks in Lebanon

TEHRAN – Iran has banned pagers and walkie-talkies on all flights, local media reported on Oct 12, weeks after lethal sabotage attacks in Lebanon which beget been blamed on Israel.

“The entry of any electronic verbal exchange machine, excluding cell telephones, in flight cabins or… in non-accompanied cargo, has been banned,” Isna files agency reported, citing Iran’s Civil Aviation Organisation spokesman Jafar Yazerlo.

The resolution came over three weeks after sabotage attacks focusing on people of the Iran-allied Hezbollah community in Lebanon that saw pagers and walkie-talkies explode, killing a minimum of 39 folks.

Almost 3,000 others had been wounded in the assault, which Iran and Hezbollah blamed on Israel, in conjunction with Tehran’s Ambassador to Lebanon Mojtaba Amani.

Earlier in October, Dubai-based fully airline Emirates banned pagers and walkie-talkies on board its planes.

Regional tensions beget soared for the explanation that outbreak of the Gaza battle in October 2023, drawing in Iran-aligned groups from Lebanon, Iraq, Syria and Yemen.

Multiple airways beget in contemporary weeks suspended flights to Iran following Tehran’s missile assault on Israel on Oct 1.

Iran fired some 200 missiles at Israel to retaliate in opposition to the killing of Tehran-aligned militant leaders in the space and a long-established in Iran’s Progressive Guards.

Israel has since vowed to retaliate, with Defence Minister Yoav Audacious asserting the response will likely be “lethal, exact and hideous”. AFP