German airline Lufthansa on Wednesday said it had suspended flights to and from Tehran, until April 13 “due to the current situation in the Middle East.”

 

"We are constantly monitoring the situation in the Middle East and are in close contact with the authorities," the airline said in a statement.

 

The decision was made earlier last weekend to avoid the airline’s crew having to stay overnight in Tehran.

 

Mehr News Agency, a “semi-official” news agency of the Iranian government, stated that the country has suspended all air traffic over the capital Tehran starting from 12:00 AM Thursday to conduct “military drills” - according to a senior Iranian defense official cited by the agency.

 

The United States suspects that Iran may soon carry out missile strikes targeting military and government sites in the occupied territory, as reported by the American Bloomberg network.

 

Sources familiar with intelligence information stated to Bloomberg that Washington and its allies anticipate potential missile or drone attacks by Iran or its proxies on significant military and governmental installations in the occupied area.

 

One source expected that such attacks are perceived as inevitable based on intelligence assessments from both the US and the occupied territory, according to Bloomberg.