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You probably are. I am no fan of a trump at all, but the tension and bad feeling started well before Trump. It began decades ago. But more recently don’t forget the Americans that were killed by Iranian militia. Or the oil tankers. Or the Saudi oil fields. Be under no illusion this is not trumps fault. But both sides can go back many years with claim and counter claim. This isn’t one persons fault. This is deep seated hatred and distrust.
The main lesson in this is, if airlines won’t stop operating into war zones then the regulators need to do their jobs and take steps preemptively to prevent this kind of thing from happening. They need to grow some balls and as soon as tensions rise ban flights. That was a sudden escalation won’t catch people out.
Regulators don't regulate between nations.
ICAO agreements. , also don't regulate, they only provide a framework for like minded compliance.
In the end it's up to the laws in the nation to decide what gets regulated in the civilian world (but this was a military action).
I'm afraid that the airline itself was ignorant of the high-level-of-tension in the Iranian military at that hour. For this we need a fix