ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq – Iran on Monday announced the reopening of the main Imam Khomeini and Mehrabad airports in the capital Tehran, following more than a month of closure and as a two-week ceasefire with the United States winds down.

“Permission to operate passenger flights at Imam Khomeini and Mehrabad airports has been issued starting from April 20, 2026,” the semi-official ISNA news agency reported, citing the Civil Aviation Organization.

It added that passenger flights at the airports of Urmia, Kermanshah, Abadan, Shiraz, Kerman, Rasht, Yazd, Zahedan, Gorgan, and Birjand will be available starting Saturday.

Iran’s airspace was closed in late February after joint US-Israeli airstrikes targeted Iranian territory, targeting the country’s missile and nuclear capabilities. 

The US-Israeli war on Iran extended until early April and saw dozens of regional countries, including Iraq, also shut down their airspace amid retaliatory Iranian attacks.

The US and Iranian sides agreed on a two-week ceasefire on April 8, set to expire on Wednesday. The ceasefire followed a round of negotiations in Islamabad, which failed to produce a comprehensive outcome.

Tehran blamed the failure of the talks on Washington’s “excessive demands” and lack of political will, while the American side accused Iran of failing to give up its nuclear ambitions.

US President Donald Trump announced Sunday that the US delegation will travel to Islamabad on Monday, threatening major strikes should talks fail. Iran has yet to announce whether it will participate or not.

“We have no plans for the next round of talks and no decision has been made in this regard,” foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei told reporters on Monday.

As both sides trade blame for ceasefire violations and mixed messages come from both sides, it is unclear whether the region will be thrown back into the daily drone and missile strikes or a lasting solution will be reached by the conflicting sides.