For what it’s worth, it’s not just flights to Iran that are being cancelled.
In Israel, too, several major airlines (AirFrance, Lufthansa, KLM) have announced cancellations due to political tensions.
It may just be an issue of insurance coverage. The airlines prefer to lose a little money by cancelling a couple flights rather than risk lawsuits from passengers if something bad happens. Also, insurance probably doesn’t cover a war zone I assume that the airlines don’t have any special military intelligence.
Also, for what it’s worth..many other airlines are still flying routinely to and from Israel. (This includes ElAl-and they fly in full accordance to Israeli Air Force intelligence.)
Do you know which military? The Ayatollah’s Guard, or the regular army (Artesh)?
And can you speculate what the significance would be if it is Artesh? Earlier in the thread there were hints that Artesh is not so loyal to the regime. A week ago there were isolated reports of soldiers joining the protesters.
The information we got isn’t that specific. There’s an internal communication blackout too, remember. This is all whispered word of mouth.
But if an attack by American forces is imminent, then the mobilization would be general, all available forces. It’s the specific deployment that will vary: Artesh at the borders and incursion points, the Guard focused on defending regime assets and personnel.
This may need to be split off into a new thread if it escalates further, but…
Earlier today or last night depending on time zone a US tanker was approached by Iranian ships and told to stop and be boarded. It fled and was able to reach an American warship who escorted it away.
Now the USS Lincoln, a carrier, shot down an Iranian UAV that approached it.
Is the identity/affiliation of the attempted-piracy ships known? Were they internal military, the external military, or something without official governmental affiliation?