Last time there was restrictions on flying over Iran, EK were one of the later observers of the ban.
At one point right as they put out a press release saying they were not routing over Iran, I was on a flight doing exactly that! The irony was not lost as the news ticker tape.on the A389 JC bar tv screen said as much... risked a write up to pull out my phone and snap a pic. Unfortunately lost when said phone went kaput, would have made for an interesting @ to the company on Twitter after I resigned!