Israel targeted Tehran’s Mehrabad International Airport early Saturday morning, forcing Iranian airlines to react.
Mehrabad Airport caught fire early on Saturday morning after explosions were heard in Tehran, according to Iranian media reports.
Israel targeted the airport facility in an early morning attack on Saturday. But Iranian authorities said the airport and its runways were intact.
Two projectiles reportedly struck the airport, according to Fars News Agency.
Several Iranian aircraft left Teheran THR Airport according to FlightRadar.
The planes were relocated to safer regional airports in Iran.
Tehran’s Mehrabad International Airport (IATA: THR) is the city’s primary domestic aviation hub, positioned just west of central Tehran near Azadi Square.
