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Travel to Iran

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Hamburg Office

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ADINEH TOUR

We are an independent travel agency in Berlin specialised in IRAN Tours

Adineh Tour GbR is a travel agency with headquarters in Berlin . We are one of 4 subsidiaries ( Germany , France, Italy and Iran ) of travel agencies and organizers from the PERSIA SAFAR for more than 19 years experience in the tourism sector has to Headquartered in Tehran . Here you will find everything about round trips to Iran . We are a team, which has set itself the goal of guests on vacation with perfect service and intensive Make counseling in a pleasant atmosphere as pleasant as possible . we offer also other services such as hotel reservation in Germany and Iran , consular Services and city tour of Berlin and Iranian attractions with a minimum number of 2 or more persons .

Classic Persia

With our program " Classic Persia " You get to know today's modern Iran in an innovative way . It offers breathtaking views of elegant mosques , citadels and tombs and feel the impressive majestic beauty of the ancient Persian Empire , which will seduce your senses. Breathe in the fresh of the Persian gardens , which invite you to linger . Marvel at the Golestan Palace , which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and , together with the masterpieces Niavaran and Saadabad palace represents the dignity and glory of Iran's modern capital Tehran in an impressive way .

The ancient and Islamic Iran

Our cultural trip " The ancient and Islamic Iran " includes many acclaimed attractions of central Iran . From the ancient ruins at Persepolis , the ceremonial and spiritual capital of the enormous Persian Empire , to the famous ruins of the Shiraz of 18th and 19th century , with its renowned gardens to moving tombs of the highest figures of classical Persian literature from which the 6th century UNESCO World heritage site of the ancient capital of Pasargadae of Cyrus the Great to the historic city of Yazd with its impressive dating back to the 14th century mosque , its amazing desert architecture with cleverly constructed wind towers and the Impressionists structures and Zaratustrischen towers of silence

The Great Historic

"The Great Historic" includes many of the greatest historical sites of Ancient Persia and Islamic Iran including the impressive and imposing archaeological ruins of Persepolis and Pasargadae , as the masterpieces of Persian architecture , for example, the glorious and splendid Jami ' Mosque of Yazd, majestic landscapes along the old routes and a visit to the masterpieces of Islamic art and architecture of Isfahan . This experience ends with a visit to Tabriz , with its grand and imposing Bazaar ( World Heritage Site ) and its incomparable museums and mosques .

Our hotels in Iran

We offer flights from frankfurt , hamburg and cologne weekly with 7 flights with iran air to tehran . frankfurt to teheran:    monday, wednesday and saturday hamburg to teheran:    thursday and sunday köln to teheran:       tuesday and friday, we also offer direct flights of other airlines. berlin to teheran:       monday and friday hamburg to mashhad:    sunday düsseldorf to teheran :    moday and thursday, for all other cities , we offer special rates for train and flights..

Car Rentals

You want to rent a car in Iran or Berlin ? You can book cheap car with us.

Hotel & Tours

We have the right room for everyone and for every budget . Adineh Tour offers a huge range of inexpensive accommodations in Iran and Berlin . Individual Iran and Berlin City Tours for the desired date . We offer our City Tours for groups from 2 up to 25 people . Depending on group size in their own or rented coach , minibus or minivan from the starting point of your choice , for example, directly from your hotel or from the airport upon his arrival . German-speaking guides accompany your city tour with expert facilitation.

You are required to have a valid visa before travelling to Iran. We can apply and help you get your visa from The Iranian Consulate in Germany. You can register your visa application from the link: (Register Visa Application)

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Passenger services

– Iran Air passengers leaving to Iran should be at Airport check-in desk 3 hours before departure time. – The weight and the measure of the hand baggage should be standard (45X30X20), and each passenger is entitled to carry on board, 5 kg for economy class and 7 kg for business class. – On board of Iran Air flights it is not allowed the carriage of dangerous products, valuable goods and liquids. – For passengers holding economy class ticket baggage allowed is 30 kg., for passengers holding Business Class tickets baggage allowed is 40 kg., excess baggage is charged 15 Euro each Kg. – Iran Air flights from Milan to Tehran/Imam Khomeini Airport are operated every Sunday and every Wednesday at 14.00 from Malpensa Airport. Instead, weekly flights from Rome are carried out every Thursday at 22.20 from Rome Fiumicino Airport. – Ticketing/Reservation Office in Rome is in Via Bissolati 55. Working hours: from 09.00 to 17.00 from Monday to Friday, Holidays closed. – Passengers holding air tickets should reconfirm their bookings 3 days before departure date. – Homa office in Milano is c/o Adineh Travel: address – Piazza Diaz n. 6 – 20123 Milano tel. 02 89096136 – fax 028053300. – The office is opened from 09.00 to 17.00 from Monday to Friday, except holidays.

ADINEH TRAVEL

Adineh Travel ist der offizielle Vertreter für Verkaufstickets der Iran Air in Deutschland

Adineh Travel ist ein Reisebüro und der offizielle Vertreter für Verkaufstickets der Iran Air in Deutschland. Bei uns finden Sie alles rund um die Flugtickets und individuelle Rundreisen durch Iran. Unser Ziel ist, den Urlaub unserer Gäste durch perfekten Service und intensive Beratung in angenehmer Atmosphäre so individuell wie möglich zu gestalten. Zusätzlich bieten wir weitere Dienstleistungen wie Hotelbuchung, konsularische Dienstleistungen und Stadtführung der Städte in Deutschland und auch im Iran. Wir bieten ebenso unsere individuellen Rundreisen mit einer Mindestteilnehmerzahl ab 1 Person an.

Klassisches Persien

Mit unserem Programm “Klassisches Persien” lernen Sie den heutigen modernen Iran auf eine innovative Weise kennen. Freuen Sie sich auf die atemberaubende Aussicht auf elegante Moscheen, Zitadellen und Gräber und fühlen Sie die beeindruckende majestätische Schönheit des alten Persischen Reiches, welche Ihre Sinne betören wird. Atmen Sie die Frische der Persischen Gärten, welche zum Verweilen einladen. Bewundern Sie den Golestan Palast, welcher zum Weltkulturerbe gehört und zusammen mit den Meisterwerken Niavaran und der Saadabad Palastanlage die Würde und Pracht von Irans moderner Hauptstadt Teheran auf beeindruckende Weise darstellt.

Der antike & Islamische Iran

Unsere Kulturreise “Der Antike und Islamische Iran” beinhaltet viele gefeierte Sehenswürdigkeiten des zentralen Irangeschickt gebauten Windtürmen sowie der Impressionisten Strukturen sowie die Zaratustrischen Türme der Stille. geschickt gebauten Windtürmen, den impressionistischen Strukturen sowie die Zaratustrischen Türme der Stille. Von den antiken Ruinen in Persepolis, der zeremoniellen und spirituellen Hauptstadt des enormen Persischen Reiches, zu den berühmten Überresten des Shiraz des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts mit seinen renommierten Gärten zu den bewegenden Grabstätten der höchsten Persönlichkeiten der klassischen Persischen Literatur, von der aus dem 6. Jahrhundert zum UNESCO Weltkulturerbe gehörenden alten Hauptstadt Pasargadae des Kyros des Großen bis hin zu der historischen Stadt Yazd mit seiner beeindruckenden aus dem 14. Jahrhundert stammenden Moschee, seiner erstaunlichen Wüstenarchitektur mit geschickt gebauten Windtürmen sowie der Impressionisten Strukturen sowie die Zaratustrischen Türme der Stille.

Die Pracht der Geschichte

"Die Großartigkeit der Geschichte" beinhaltet viele der größten historischen Sehenswürdigkeiten des antiken Persien und des Islamischen Iran einschließlich der eindrucksvollen und imposanten archäologischen Ruinen von Persepolis und Pasargadae, ebenso die Meisterwerke der persischen Architektur z.B. die herrliche und prächtige Jami' Moschee von Yazd, der majestätischen Landschaften entlang den alten Reiserouten und einem Besuch bei den Meisterwerken islamischer Kunst und der Architektur von Isfahan. Diese Erfahrung endet mit einem Besuch in Täbriz mit seinem großartigen und imposanten Basar (Weltkulturerbe) und seinen unvergleichlichen Museen und Moscheen.

Unsere Hotels im Iran

Wir bieten von frankfurt, hamburg und köln wöchentlich insgesamt 7 flüge mit iran air nach teheran an. frankfurt nach teheran:    montag, mittwoch und samstag hamburg nach teheran:    donnerstag und sonntag köln nach teheran:       dienstag und freitag, wir bieten zusätzlich direktflüge anderer fluglinien an. berlin – teheran:       montag und freitag hamburg – mashhad:    sonntag düsseldorf - teheran :    montag und donnerstag, für alle anderen städte bieten wir sonderkonditionen für bahn und flüge an, um eine dieser städte zu erreichen., dienstleistungen.

Autovermietung

Sie möchten mit dem Mietwagen durch den Iran oder Berlin fahren? Günstige Mietwagen können Sie bei uns buchen. Wer sich lieber fahren lässt, wird von uns überall in Iran und Berlin zum gewünschten Reiseziel gefahren.

Hotel & Touren

Wir haben das passende Zimmer für jeden und für jedes Budget. Adineh Tour bietet eine riesige Auswahl günstiger Übernachtungsmöglichkeiten in Iran und Berlin. Individuelle Iran- und Berlin-Stadtführungen zum Wunschtermin. Wir bieten unsere Stadtrundgänge für Gruppen ab 2 bis zu 25 Personen an. Je nach Gruppengröße im eigenen oder angemieteten Reisebus, Kleinbus oder Minivan vom Startpunkt Ihrer Wahl, z.B. direkt von Ihrem Hotel oder gleich nach Ankunft vom Flughafen. Deutschsprachige Stadtführer begleiten Ihre Stadtführung mit fachkundiger Moderation.

Für den Iran-Bescher ist ein Visum erforderlich. Wir beschaffen für Sie Visa nach Iran. Jeglicher Mehraufwand an Zeit und Arbeit soll für unsere Kunden vermieden werden. Aus diesem Grund ist bei der Visabeschaffung im Regelfall lediglich die Übergabe/ Versand des Reisepasses mit einem Passbild, Original-Pass, Auslandsversicherung, das Visumformular auszufüllen (verlinken Sie hier) und die Entrichtung der Visagebühr erforderlich. Alle anderen Formalitäten werden von uns erledigt.

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Iranian attack on Israel expected ‘sooner rather than later’, says Joe Biden

President said US are ‘devoted to the defence of Israel’ as he urged Tehran to show restraint

Joe Biden has said he expects an Iranian attack on Israel “sooner rather than later” and issued a last-ditch message to Tehran: “Don’t.”

“We are devoted to the defence of Israel . We will support Israel. We will help defend Israel and Iran will not succeed,” Biden told reporters on Friday.

Earlier the White House national security spokesperson John Kirby warned that the threat of a significant Iranian attack on Israel remains “viable” despite Washington-led efforts, including calls to Tehran from the UK and Germany, to deter a serious escalation in the conflict in the Middle East.

The White House comments came as several countries, including India, France , Poland and Russia, warned their citizens against travel to the region and Israel’s defence minister, Yoav Gallant, said his country was “prepared to defend [itself] on the ground and in the air, in close cooperation with our partners”.

Later CBS, quoting two unnamed US officials, reported that a substantial missile and drone attack could be launched as early as Friday evening, as a number of countries urgently warned their nationals of the risk of escalating violence in the region, and Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, convened a security assessment.

Appearing to underline that report, Javad Karimi-Ghodousi, a member of the Iranian parliament’s national security and foreign policy commission, said: “After punishing the Zionist regime in the coming hours, this villain will understand that henceforth, wherever in the world it attempts to assassinate figures of the resistance front, it will again be punished with Iranian missiles.”

German airline Lufthansa said on Friday its planes would no longer use Iranian airspace and extended its suspension of flights to and from Tehran until Thursday.

Qantas has paused its non-stop flights from Perth to London because the 17-and-a-half-hour flight is possible only by using Iranian airspace.

Iran has threatened reprisals against Israel for a strike on the Iranian consulate in Syria on 1 April, in which seven members of the Revolutionary Guards including two generals were killed, sparking fears that an already volatile climate in the Middle East could quickly spiral further.

Tehran’s foreign minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, said on Thursday that Iran felt it had no choice but to respond to the deadly attack on its diplomatic mission after the UN security council failed to take action.

Speaking to reporters, Kirby said the prospect of an Iranian attack on Israel was “still a viable threat” despite concerted efforts by Israel and the US in recent days to deter it .

“We are in constant communication with our Israeli counterparts about making sure that they can defend themselves against those kinds of attacks,” Kirby said. He confirmed that the head of US Central Command, Gen Erik Kurilla, was in Israel talking with defence officials about how Israel could be best prepared.

Israel has said it is strengthening air defences and has paused leave for combat units.

On Friday, France ordered the evacuation of diplomats’ families and warned nationals in several other countries, including Israel and Lebanon, and alerts were issued by Canada and Australia. The US also restricted travel within Israel for US diplomats and their families.

In its strong warning on Friday, the French foreign ministry advised citizens against travelling to Iran, Lebanon, Israel and the Palestinian territories and said French civil servants were banned from conducting any missions there.

The advisories followed a number of media reports that Israel was preparing for the prospect of an attack from Iran, possibly as soon as this weekend.

A US official told the Wall Street Journal that American intelligence reports indicated an Iranian retaliatory strike “possibly on Israeli soil” as opposed to against Israeli interests elsewhere, adding that the strike could come within 24 to 48 hours.

The same report, however, also reported an individual briefed by the Iranian leadership as saying no final decision had been taken by Tehran.

The newspaper reported US officials as saying that the US Navy had repositioned two destroyers in the region in order to protect US and Israeli forces.

While analysts had initially speculated that Iran may not rush into a response, concern has grown in the last two days over the potential for direct conflict between Iran and Israel after years of proxy conflict between the two enemies.

More recently experts have suggested that Iran now feels it is required to act militarily to restore its balance of deterrence with Israel.

On Wednesday, Joe Biden said Iran was threatening a “significant attack” against Israel and that Washington would do all it could to protect Israel’s security.

The US president’s comments in turn followed a televised speech by Iran’s leader saying the attack in Damascus was equivalent to an attack on Iran itself. “When they attacked our consulate area, it was like they attacked our territory,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said. “The evil regime must be punished, and it will be punished.”

The Israeli military said it was fully prepared for any strike. Israel was “on alert and highly prepared for various scenarios, and we are constantly assessing the situation,” the Israel Defense Forces spokesperson, R Adm Daniel Hagari, said at a press conference. “We are ready for attack and defence using a variety of capabilities that the IDF has, and also ready with our strategic partners.”

According to reports in the Israeli media, the IDF believes that Iran or one of its proxies are most likely to attempt to strike a military target rather than civilian centres, although some sites such as the Kirya, Israel’s defence headquarters in Tel Aviv, are located in city centres next to shopping malls, offices and restaurants.

Concern over a significant escalation in the Middle East conflict, which has already drawn in Hezbollah in Lebanon, pro-Iranian groups in Iraq and Yemen’s Houthis, came as Israeli forces continued to fight Palestinian militants in the north and centre of the Gaza Strip.

Residents of al-Nusseirat refugee camp in central Gaza said dozens were dead or wounded after Israeli bombardment from air, land and sea that had followed a surprise ground assault on Thursday, and that houses and two mosques had been destroyed.

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France, India, Russia, UK issue travel warnings over Israel-Iran tensions

Warnings come as Tehran promises reprisals against Israel for the deadly April 1 attack on an Iranian consulate in Syria.

Countries including France, India, Russia, Poland and the United Kingdom have warned their citizens against travelling to Israel, the occupied Palestinian territories and, in some cases, the wider region amid threats of an Iranian attack in response to a strike this month on its consulate in Damascus.

Iran has threatened reprisals against Israel over the strike in the Syrian capital on April 1, which killed seven Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members, including two generals, leading to fears of an escalation of violence in the Middle East.

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The French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs on Friday advised its citizens against travelling to Iran, Lebanon, Israel and the Palestinian territories.

In a statement on the social media platform X, the ministry added that relatives of Iran-based diplomats will return to France and French civil servants are now banned from conducting any missions in the countries and territories in question.

The UK told its citizens to avoid all but essential travel to Israel and Palestine over the “possibility of an attack on Israeli territory from Iran”.

In an update, the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office warned against “all travel” to northern Israel, the Gaza Strip, areas near Gaza and the occupied West Bank – excluding occupied East Jerusalem and Route 1 between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.

Russia strongly recommended its citizens “refrain from travelling to the region”, emphasising security risks in Israel, Lebanon and Palestine.

“The situation in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict zone as well as in the area of the ‘Blue Line’ between Lebanon and Israel remains unstable,” its Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

Poland’s Foreign Ministry also advised against travel to Israel, Palestine and Lebanon.

“It cannot be ruled out that there will be a sudden escalation of military operations, which would cause significant difficulties in leaving these three countries,” it said in a statement. “Any escalation may lead to significant restrictions in air traffic and the inability to cross land border crossings.”

India’s statement covered Iran and Israel, calling on Indians not to go to the two countries until further notice in view of the “prevailing situation in the region”.

The Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi said Indian citizens who are in the two countries should observe “utmost precautions about their safety and restrict their movements to the minimum”.

Germany meanwhile warned its citizens to leave Iran specifically, saying escalating tensions could affect exit routes.

“In the current tensions, especially between Israel and Iran, there is a risk of a sudden escalation,” the Foreign Office said. “German citizens are at concrete risk of being arbitrarily arrested and interrogated and being given long prison sentences. Dual citizens with Iranian and German nationality are especially at risk,” it added.

Separately, German flagship airline Lufthansa extended its suspension of flights to and from Tehran until Thursday and will not use Iranian airspace during that time.

Real and viable threat, US says

The United States has restricted its employees in Israel and their family members from personal travel outside the greater Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Beersheba areas.

An imminent attack by Iran on Israel is a “real” and “viable” threat, US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told journalists on Friday, adding that Washington would make sure the Israelis “have what they need and that they’re able to defend themselves”.

Speaking to reporters on Friday, President Joe Biden said: “We are devoted to the defence of Israel. We will support Israel. We will help defend Israel, and Iran will not succeed.”

The top US commander for the Middle East, General Erik Kurilla, is also in Israel for talks with its military officials on security threats. His trip was moved up from a previously scheduled date “due to recent developments”, Pentagon spokesman Major General Pat Ryder said on Thursday.

After Kurilla discussed the tensions with Iran with Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on Friday, Gallant said the US and Israel were “shoulder to shoulder” in facing possible threats.

“We are prepared to defend ourselves on the ground and in the air, in close cooperation with our partners, and we will know how to respond,” the defence chief added.

The Wall Street Journal, quoting a person familiar with the matter, reported on Thursday that Israel was preparing for an attack by Iran as soon as Friday or Saturday.

Al Jazeera’s Hamdah Salhut, reporting from East Jerusalem, said the Israeli army announced that it was preparing on all fronts offensively and defensively.

“A couple of weeks ago, the Israelis increased their alertness level, calling up reservists and bolstering air defence systems,” she said, adding that Israeli officials said they were prepared for anything.

Israel has bombarded the Gaza Strip since October 7 and sent in ground forces, killing at least 33,600 Palestinians and injuring more than 76,000. Hamas’s October 7 attacks on southern Israel killed more than 1,100 people there.

Israel has also stepped up strikes against Iranian personnel and allies in Syria and Lebanon and has traded near daily cross-border fire with the Lebanese group Hezbollah since the start of the war.

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The United States has restricted travel for its staff in Israel , as fears grow of an imminent retaliatory attack by Iran .

The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem issued a security alert Thursday restricting its employees and their family members from personal travel outside the greater Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Be’er Sheva areas until further notice “out of an abundance of caution.”

The warning comes as Israel’s military vowed it would defend the country and respond, with expectations mounting that Tehran will soon strike back for the attack on its embassy in Syria that killed a number of senior commanders. The exchanges have raised fears that the Israel-Hamas war that has devastated the Gaza Strip could escalate into a wider conflict.

Israel never claimed responsibility for the airstrike on its rival’s consulate in Damascus, but Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said earlier this week that Israel “must be punished and it shall be,” for what he considered an effective attack on Iranian soil.

The U.S. has promised support for its ally in the face of Iranian threats and worked to persuade Tehran to avoid significant escalation, but Israel has signaled its readiness for whatever retribution may be coming.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Thursday that a direct Iranian attack will require “an appropriate Israeli response” against Iran, while an Israel Defense Forces spokesperson, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, said that the country was “alert and highly prepared” for a variety of scenarios.

“Whoever harms us, we will harm them,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also said Thursday as he visited an air base. “We are prepared to meet all of the security needs of the state of Israel, both defensively and offensively,” he added.

The growing tensions in the Middle East come as Palestinians in Gaza marked somber Eid celebrations this week amid severe food shortages despite Israeli promises to allow more humanitarian aid into the enclave. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Thursday that famine in Gaza was “imminent,” after USAID Administrator Samantha Power said a day earlier that it was “credible” to assess that famine had already begun in the territory.

More than 33,600 people have now been killed in Gaza, the enclave’s Health Ministry said, in the six months of war since the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7, which killed an estimated 1,200 people.

The militant group’s political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, said Hamas was still seeking a cease-fire deal despite the deaths of his three sons in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza earlier this week, but talks to secure a truce and the release of remaining hostages remain deadlocked .

It remained unclear whether Iran’s retaliation would come in the form of a direct attack or through some of the web of Tehran-backed groups that have already waged attacks from Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen in recent months.

Tehran has so far avoided direct confrontation with Israel or Washington. But Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said Thursday that “legitimate defense with the aim of punishing the aggressor” was a necessity in the wake of the consulate strike, accusing Israel of targeting diplomatic premises in violation of international law, according to Iranian state-run news agency IRNA.

The Pentagon said Thursday that top U.S. commander for the Middle East, Gen. Michael “Erik” Kurilla, had moved up his trip to Israel so he could meet with Israeli military leadership and discuss “current security threats.”

President Joe Biden said Wednesday that Iran was threatening to launch a “significant attack on Israel,” and that the U.S. commitment to Israel’s security against threats from Iran and its proxies remained “ironclad” despite growing criticism from Washington of its ally’s actions in Gaza.

The White House also said Thursday that the U.S. has communicated to Iran that it had no involvement in the strike in Damascus, and warned Iran not to use this attack as a pretext to escalate further in the region, or to attack U.S. facilities or personnel.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has held telephone conversations with his Chinese, Turkish and Saudi counterparts “to make clear that escalation is not in anyone’s interest” and that countries should urge Iran not to escalate.

“We have also engaged with European allies and partners over the past few days and urged them as well to send a clear message to Iran that escalation is not in Iran’s interest, it’s not in the region’s interest, and it’s not in the world’s interest,” spokesman Matthew Miller said Thursday .

British Foreign Minister David Cameron said he had made it clear to his Iranian counterpart that the Islamic Republic must not draw the Middle East into a wider conflict.

“I am deeply concerned about the potential for miscalculation leading to further violence,” Cameron said on X .

France warned its citizens Friday to “imperatively refrain from travel in the coming days to Iran, Lebanon, Israel and the Palestinian Territories.” German airline Lufthansa and its subsidiary Austrian Airlines, the only two Western carriers flying into Tehran, extended a suspension of flights to the Iranian capital.

Yuliya Talmazan is a reporter for NBC News Digital, based in London.

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Iran attack: Everything we know so far on Tehran's drone and missile strike on Israel

Some 170 explosive drones and 30 cruise missiles were launched by Iran, according to the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), who said "99%" were intercepted.

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Iran has launched an unprecedented drone and missile barrage against Israel - an attack Tehran has labelled as a retaliatory strike.

The move could trigger a major escalation between the countries as tensions in the Middle East remain inflamed over the war in Gaza .

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Here's everything we know so far:

Why has Iran launched an attack?

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it was responding to an "attack on the consular section of the Iranian embassy in Damascus" on 1 April.

Two generals and seven members of the IRGC were killed in the strike, which Tehran blamed on Israel.

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Israel has not publicly commented but has been on high alert since the airstrike.

Was it expected?

Iran has repeatedly threatened a response to the Damascus strike - despite warnings from the US against an attack on Israel.

US officials began warning on Friday that an attack from Iran was likely imminent.

Then, on Saturday, a number of countries in the region began shutting their airspace, ahead of the anticipated attack.

Following its launch on Saturday night, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari also said Israel was "well prepared" for the attack.

What did Iran do?

More than 170 explosive drones and 120 ballistic missiles were launched by Iran, with "only a few" entering Israel and "99%" intercepted by its defence system, Mr Hagari said in a statement.

Some 30 cruise missiles were launched, 25 of which were intercepted outside Israel's borders, according to the IDF.

"Dozens of rockets" were then launched from Lebanon, striking the Nevatim Air Base, where there was only "minor damage caused to the infrastructure," Mr Hagari said.

There have been no reported fatalities, but "regretfully" a seven-year-old girl "was severely injured by shrapnel".

Drones were seen flying from Iran, through Iraqi airspace and in the direction of Israel, two Iraqi security sources told Reuters.

The drones were each carrying 20kg of explosives, Amos Yadlin, a retired general in the Israeli air force, told Channel 12 TV.

The IDF said Israeli forces had "successfully intercepted" the majority of the launches with its air defence system - as well as with help from its strategic allies - before the drones and missiles reached Israel.

There were also launches from Iraq and Yemen, neither of which managed to land in Israel, the IDF said.

What has the response been?

Following the launch of the aerial attack, both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden held emergency meetings with their top officials.

In a statement following the meeting, Mr Biden reaffirmed the US's "ironclad" commitment to "Israel's security against threats from Iran and its proxies".

Early on Sunday morning, a senior Israeli source told Channel 12 TV that the country was planning a "significant response" to the Iranian drone salvo.

On Sunday morning, Mr Netanyahu tweeted saying: "We intercepted. We repelled. Together we will win."

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Iran's foreign ministry said Tehran would "not hesitate" to take "further defensive measures" to "safeguard its legitimate interests against any military aggressions".

Rishi Sunak , the UK's prime minister, said he condemned "in the strongest terms the Iranian regime's reckless attack against Israel".

He was joined in his condemnation by Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps, and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer .

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Saudi Arabia also called on all parties to exercise the "utmost levels" of restraint and to spare the region and its people the dangers of war, while UN secretary-general, Antonio Guterres also urged "maximum restraint".

Was the RAF involved in defending Israel?

Sky News understands that RAF planes were involved in the defence of Israel on Saturday evening, though they are thought to have been used in a support capacity, rather than in any direct action.

Mr Hagari said in his statement that Britain, the US and France took supportive action.

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Mr Shapps said in a statement that additional RAF jets and air refuelling tankers had also been deployed to the region to "bolster" Operation Shader - the UK's existing counter-IS operation in Iraq and Syria.

"In addition, the jets will intercept airborne attacks within range of our existing missions," he said.

"I strongly condemn the senseless airborne attack that Iran has launched on Israel. It serves no benefit other than to further undermine regional security."

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