Iran Army Shuts Tehran's New Airport on First Day

[54anickel]

Heh-heh, Thanks for the airport - suckers. Another reason for Shrub to get his undies in a bundle. How can they reject the free-market? :eyes:

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=5080400

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's armed forces closed Tehran's new international airport on its first day of scheduled flights on Saturday, the joint-armed forces said.
Security fears were cited in a statement carried on the official IRNA news agency, but that may refer to a dispute involving the foreign consortium that built and was to have run the Imam Khomeini airport, 30 miles south of Tehran.

State airline Iran Air took over the new airport's operation from a Turkish-Austrian consortium Tepe-Akfen-Vie (TAV) on Friday.

"Unfortunately officials at the airport ignored the security measures...on not deploying foreign groups at this vital center in the country," the joint-armed forces statement said, although Iran Air is now in charge at the airport.

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bit more here
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3696801.stm


and for the Forbes view
http://www.forbes.com/home/newswire/2004/05/08/rtr1364769.html