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

The decision came three weeks after sabotage attacks targeting members of the Iran-allied group Hezbollah in Lebanon saw pagers and walkie-talkies explode, killing at least 39 people.

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October 12, 2024, 6:35 p.m.

Last modification: October 12, 2024, 6:38 p.m.

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Iran has banned pagers and walkie-talkies on all flights, local media reported Saturday, weeks after deadly sabotage attacks in Lebanon blamed on Israel.

“The entry of any electronic communications device, with the exception of mobile phones, into aircraft cabins or…in unaccompanied goods, has been prohibited,” ISNA news agency reported, citing the spokesperson for the Civil Aviation Organization of Iran, Jafar Yazerlo.

The move comes three weeks after sabotage attacks targeting members of the Iran-allied Hezbollah group in Lebanon saw pagers and walkie-talkies explode, killing at least 39 people.

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Nearly 3,000 other people were injured in the attack, which Iran and Hezbollah blamed on Israel, including Tehran’s ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani.

Earlier this month, Dubai-based Emirates airline banned pagers and walkie-talkies on board its planes.

Regional tensions have increased since the outbreak of the Gaza war in October last year, drawing in Iran-aligned groups from Lebanon, Iraq, Syria and Yemen.

Several airlines have suspended flights to Iran in recent weeks following Tehran’s missile attack on Israel on October 1.

Iran fired some 200 missiles at Israel in retaliation for the killing of Tehran-aligned militant leaders in the region and a general in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.

Israel has since vowed to retaliate, with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant saying the response would be “deadly, precise and surprising.”