Arminkh
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Which international treaties...it doesn't work like that.
You think "Saudi Arabia unilaterally declared Yemeni airspace as no-fly zone, and you don't recognize that blokade" however US, GCC, Turkey, EU, etc... recognizes it.
If They had shot the Iranian plane and Iran had moved the incident to UN....you wouldn't succeed. It would be just like the Mavi Marmara incident.
If you wanna learn more about the International Laws ( which can be flexible) you can find the "Palmer Report" and read it.
About War...no i don't think it would start a all-out war. Maybe low-intense war but nothing serious.
After declaring a no-fly zone if you don't show how serious you are. Others will just abuse your incompetence. I wouldn't be surprised if Iran starts to bomb pro-Government forces as the next step.
The only authority that can declare a binding no-fly zone is UN security council. Also please note that a no-fly zone is set to reduce the chance of civilian flights getting caught on a cross fire and make it easier for a party to the war to recognize enemy airplanes.
However, I don't think Iran intention was to ignore the no-fly zone. In this case it was a humanitarian aid, it was not as Iran all of a sudden decided to send a cargo to Yemen. It was coordinated through Red Cross or Crescent. I'm sure it would be allowed to land if it was from any other country but Iran. They did a similar thing 3 weeks ago with another civilian airplane that was carrying pilgrims to SA. Their excuse was that the fly was not properly coordinated!
If Iran wanted to violate the no fly zone, it would maintain the daily civilian airline flight from Tehran to Sana.
There is also a blockade on the Yemeni ports but it doesn't mean that humanitarian helps can't get through. There are food and medicine sent to Yemen through the same blocked routes.