A second repatriation flight from the Gulf has arrived in Portugal this morning – this time carrying 147 passengers, 139 of whom are Portuguese.
The flight was chartered by the Portuguese government as part of its operation to bring home all nationals desperate to flee the war in the Middle East.
The A330 aircraft was also carrying citizens from Germany, Italy, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Peru.
Describing the flight’s arrival last night in Oman, SIC Notícias explained how the repatriation operation had been “prepared with complete discretion. Each passenger had to sign, as required by law, a commitment to pay the Portuguese state an unspecified amount” – thought to be around €600 – “corresponding to the cost of the air ticket and all expenses associated with consular protection. This already happened in October last year with the four Portuguese activists repatriated from Israel after attempting to reach Gaza in a humanitarian flotilla.”
Secretary of State for the Communities, Emídio Sousa, appears to be stationed at the airport today in order to welcome all those who have started to arrive.
With the war now into its 7th day, the Iranian Leadership Council is still seen as being ‘in charge’ of the country that is facing the continued onslaught of the United States and Israel’s ‘Epic Fury’ military attack.
The Iranian leadership is also believed to be coordinating the retaliatory attacks against targets in Israel, US bases, and other infrastructure in countries in the region: Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates (which include Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, Ras Al Quaimah and Fujairah), Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, Jordan, Oman, and Iraq.
In addition to Turkey, incidents involving Iranian projectiles have also been reported in Cyprus.
Since the beginning of the conflict, more than a thousand people have been killed, most of them this far being Iranians.
Source material: LUSA
