"A Lufthansa Airbus A340-300 chartered by the German government landed in Frankfurt on Thursday morning after departing from Muscat in Oman. The passengers on board had been selected by the German government, and had been stranded in the Gulf region after the US attack on Iran halted air travel."
"Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Thursday said that the US "will come to bitterly regret (the) precedent it has set" after a US submarine sank an Iranian frigate in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Sri Lanka. Araghchi's statement the first official acknowledgement from Iran of the sinking of the IRIS Denaon Wednesday."
Escalating Middle East conflict has severely disrupted global air travel, with skies over large portions of the region remaining empty. Governments worldwide are conducting repatriation flights to evacuate stranded citizens. Germany's first evacuation flight landed in Frankfurt after departing from Muscat, Oman, carrying passengers prioritized by the government including pregnant women, children, and people with illnesses who had been stranded following US military action against Iran. Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi issued statements regarding a US submarine sinking an Iranian frigate in the Indian Ocean, marking Iran's first official acknowledgement of the incident and warning of consequences.
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