Iran appears to reopen airspace after Trump says killing is 'stopping'

Iran appeared to reopen its airspace connected Thursday aft a abrupt overnight closure disrupted flights crossed the region, adjacent arsenic airlines mostly continued to debar the state amid heightened information warnings and ongoing determination tensions. 

The overnight closure lasted astir 5 hours aft a Notice to Air Missions, oregon NOTAM, was issued, according to the aviation risk-monitoring tract Safe Airspace. 

Safe Airspace warns that the main information for civilian craft successful Iranian airspace is misidentification by aerial defence systems during heightened tensions, standing the wide hazard level presently arsenic "One — Do Not Fly."

TRUMP SAYS THE U.S. WILL TAKE 'VERY STRONG ACTION' AGAINST IRAN IF THE REGIME STARTS HANGING PROTESTERS

Empty airspace implicit Iran is seen successful this screengrab from FlightRadar24 connected Jan. 15, 2026, amid heightened tensions and concerns astir imaginable subject enactment betwixt the United States and Iran. (FlightRadar24.com/Handout via REUTERS)

President Donald Trump told reporters successful the Oval Office connected Wednesday that helium was informed the sidesplitting of protesters successful Iran was "stopping."

"We person been notified and truly strongly, but we'll find retired what that each means. But, we've been told that the sidesplitting successful Iran is stopping," helium said.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., disagreed with Trump, penning connected X that each denotation he’s seen shows that the Iranian regime’s sidesplitting of anti-government protesters is "still precise overmuch successful afloat swing."

"The decease toll is mounting by the hour. Hoping that assistance is connected the way," helium wrote.

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Iranians be an anti-government protestation successful Tehran, Iran, Jan. 9, 2026. (UGC via AP)

The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), which tracks quality rights violations successful Iran, said connected Wednesday that nationwide protests continued into the eighteenth time arsenic authorities maintained a near-total net shutdown.

The group’s aggregated figures showed 617 protestation gatherings successful 187 cities crossed the country, the apprehension of astatine slightest 18,470 radical and the confirmed deaths of 2,615 individuals.

HRANA said 2,435 of those killed were protesters, including 13 children nether the property of 18.

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Cars pain successful a thoroughfare during a protestation implicit the illness of the currency’s worth successful Tehran, Iran, Jan. 8, 2026. (Stringer/West Asia News Agency via REUTERS)

Trump has threatened enactment against the regime, informing Tehran successful aggregate Truth Social posts to halt sidesplitting its people.

"We are locked and loaded and acceptable to go," helium wrote connected New Year’s Day.

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The president said connected Tuesday that helium had canceled each meetings with Iranian officials and called connected protesters to "TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!!!"

"Save the names of the killers and abusers. They volition wage a large price," Trump wrote, adding, "HELP IS ON ITS WAY."