Minister of Foreign Affairs Margus Tsahkna (Eesti 200) said Monday morning that are no signs of Middle Eastern airspace reopening, which would allow Estonian citizens to return home.

On Saturday, the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran, hitting targets across the country.
Tehran launched retaliatory strikes at Israel and U.S. bases across the region in Israel, the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar.

On Sunday morning,  Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was confirmed to have been killed.

Nearly 3,000 Estonian citizens are in the Middle East, and more than 1,500 are in the conflict zone – the Emirates, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said over the weekend.

Situation escalating

“Air traffic has not resumed and we do not know when it will. The night showed that there is no major de-escalation in the region. Iran is delivering its retaliatory strikes and, frankly, now they are striking everywhere. In essence, this is a historic moment where Iran has very concretely clashed even with its so-called almost friends in the region. So in that sense, there is no positive news,” he told the morning show “Terevisioon” on Monday.

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