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Iran suspended all operations at Tehran's Imam Khomeini International Airport until further notice on Sunday, state news agency IRNA reported, hours after the country fired multiple salvos of ballistic missiles at Israel.
The closure came after Iran launched ballistic missiles at Israel's Ramat David Air Base, which it described as a hub for Israeli operations against Lebanon, in response to an Israeli airstrike on Beirut's Dahiyeh district carried out despite an existing ceasefire.
Israel's air defenses intercepted two ballistic missiles and warned of a second incoming barrage shortly after. Iran had earlier shut its western airspace following the launches, and Iraq announced a 72-hour closure of its own airspace.
An Israeli military commander said Israel would retaliate against Iran as soon as it received the go-ahead, even as President Donald Trump called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to urge him not to respond.
The United States conveyed a message to Israel, reported by Yedioth Ahronoth, that it was preferable to wait a few days to see whether a deal could be reached, warning Israel not to squander the opportunity by being drawn into a limited exchange of strikes. A US official told Axios that Washington was "not part of what is happening now."
A source in Pakistan's Foreign Ministry told MSN that Iran had shown signs of progress toward approving a memorandum of understanding, and that a recent visit by Pakistan's interior minister to Tehran had been positive.
Trump told Axios reporter Barak Ravid he was "very close" to a permanent deal with Iran to end the war. The US State Department set June 22 as the date for a new round of talks between Israel and Lebanon, according to the New York Times.
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