Lebanon blocks Iranian passenger flight to Beirut, analysts cite Israeli pressure.
Lebanon blocks Iranian passenger flight to Beirut, analysts cite Israeli pressure.
www.voanews.com Lebanon blocks Iranian passenger flight to Beirut; analysts cite Israeli pressure
First such incident since November ceasefire start
Lebanon blocked an Iranian airliner from flying into Beirut Thursday after Israel accused Iran a day earlier of using civilian flights to deliver cash to Lebanese terror group Hezbollah.
The chief executive of Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport, Saeed Chalandri, told Iranian state news agency Mehr that the Mahan Air flight to Beirut was canceled before takeoff because Lebanon had not granted it permission to land.