Iran protests latest: Airspace closed along with UK embassy in Tehran as US escalates attack threats
Iran has restricted the entirety of the country’s airspace as US president Donald Trump has threatened strikes over the regime’s brutal crackdown on popular protests.
A Notice-to-Airmen reads that Iran’s airspace will be closed to all flights, except those with previous permission from the Iranian Civil Aviation Organisation.
Meanwhile, the UK has closed its embassy in Tehran and withdrawn staff from Iran and both Poland and Italy have urged citizens to leave the country.
Tehran warned other regional countries that it would attack if the US launched military action on it in response to the deadly repression, which the US president has been threatening for days.
The UK is also withdrawing staff from a military base in Qatar, and the US is reducing its personnel numbers at its Qatari Al-Udeid air base – the Middle East’s largest US base, which houses around 10,000 troops.
President Trump is said to be “ready to push the button” on military strikes against Iran if the government starts executing protesters.
