FLIGHTS operated normally yesterday as Bahraini authorities implemented measures to ensure the continuity of navigation services and the safe operation of air traffic after hostile Iranian aggression.
The Civil Aviation Affairs (CAA) said air navigation systems of the Bahrain Flight Information Region (FIR) were targeted by Iranian drones but operations were not affected.
The CAA affirmed that the authorities responded immediately to the incident in accordance with established operational and security procedures and implemented the necessary measures to ensure the continuity of air navigation services.
Flight operations and overflights through the Bahrain FIR continue as normal, while co-ordination and close monitoring remain ongoing with international organisations and the relevant authorities, it said.
The Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) General Command said Iran continued its missile and drone attacks targeting civilians in the kingdom.
Air defence systems successfully intercepted and destroyed several aerial attacks yesterday, it said.
In a statement, the Foreign Ministry strongly condemned drone strikes targeting civil aviation navigation equipment and overflight air traffic within the Bahrain FIR.
Bahrain views these hostile acts as a direct threat to civilian lives and a flagrant violation of its sovereignty, international law, the UN Charter and UN Security Council Resolution 2817, it said.
It noted that targeting critical navigation systems endangers international civil aviation in direct violation of the Chicago Convention and ICAO regulations.
The ministry praised the BDF’s air defences for successfully intercepting the incoming attacks, affirming the kingdom’s right to self-defence under Article 51 of the UN Charter.
Bahrain reiterated its call for the international community and the UN Security Council to take decisive action to force an immediate end to Iranian aggression.
It also urged strict international enforcement to safeguard air and maritime navigation and demanded that Iran be held fully legally and financially accountable under international law.
Meanwhile, there are signs from both Iran and the US that they want to resume diplomatic efforts to end an escalating cycle of attack that has all but wrecked a fragile interim agreement signed last month.
A senior Iranian official told Reuters that Tehran had received a proposal from mediators for a 10-day ceasefire in an effort to salvage the interim deal, intended to pave the way to a lasting agreement to end the war that began on February 28 with US-Israeli attacks on Iran.
Iran’s foreign ministry said mediators had recently presented proposals to Tehran, signalling that diplomatic contacts remain active.
The diplomatic push came amids continued US strikes on Iranian cities and attacks by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards across the region.
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