Tense calm continues in Iran amid concerns about a possible US attack. The Iranian authorities have reopened their airspace after a suspension of all flights that lasted around five hours, according to data collected by the website specialized in monitoring air operations FlightRadar24, and amid growing threats.
According to this web portal, the NOTAM (acronym in English for a notice to aviation personnel) has expired and some flights have resumed their route to Tehran, after a closure that has forced airlines to cancel, divert or delay flights. The same platform reported shortly before 2:00 a.m. this Thursday (11:30 p.m. this Wednesday in Spain) of the notice, indicating that it is valid for “a little more than two hours” in which only international flights with “permission” could land or take off from Iranian territory.
The closure of the airspace has occurred after the president of the United States, Donald Trump, has threatened in recent days to attack Iran if the security forces of this country do not put an end to the deaths in anti-government protests, although the White House stated earlier this week that “diplomacy is always the first option” for the president. This same Wednesday, Trump himself stated that “the deaths in Iran have stopped.”
In this context, and after Tehran has warned that it could respond in the event of an attack, the United States Embassy in Qatar has issued a security alert on the same day for its nationals in this country and in particular has recommended that they “limit non-essential travel to the Al Udeid Air Base”, which was already attacked by Iran in June 2025 in retaliation for the Israeli offensive and the American bombings against three of its nuclear facilities.
The US diplomatic legation in Kuwait has acted in the same sense, which has also temporarily prohibited most of its personnel from “moving to the facilities of Camp Arifjan, Camp Buehring, Ali Al Salem Air Base and Camp Patriot.” It should be remembered that the United States has military bases in Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Jordan.
On the other hand, the United States Embassy in Jerusalem has issued a new security alert in recent hours encouraging its citizens in Israeli territory to “review their travel plans, given the current regional tensions”, taking into account that Tehran has repeatedly accused Israel of fueling unrest and violence during the mobilizations.
Earlier this week, Washington called on its nationals in Iran to leave the country, an extreme that has been joined in recent hours by governments such as Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom, which has also announced the temporary closure of its Embassy in Tehran and the withdrawal of all its staff from the Asian country.
Albares once again recommends that Spaniards leave Iran
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, José Manuel Albares, once again recommends that citizens with Spanish nationality who are in Iran leave the country, even temporarily, given the possibility of an attack. In statements to the media in the halls of Congress, Albares pointed out that given the US threat of an attack against Iran, Spanish nationals can take advantage of the fact that “there are still commercial means to leave the country.”
Albares stressed that the department he leads has updated travel recommendations for the country of the ayatollahs, after the violent repression of civil protests in many cities, and the possibility of a bombing by the Donald Trump Administration.
The minister stressed that he recommends “the few Spaniards, just over 140” who live in Iran, many of them who are dual nationals “and therefore, who have made their lives in Iran”, that they “leave the country, even if only temporarily.”
