Majlis Speaker Mahdi Karrubi said here Sunday that lack of coordination among various officials and absence of resolution to end differences were among major reasons behind the closure of Imam Khomeini International airport (IKIA)on May 8 .... Pointing to lack of coordination and differences between officials on the IKIA issue, the speaker said the government, IRGC and Supreme National Security Council had not interfered to settle the differences so the problems remained by that day. "The Supreme National Security Council should have dealt with the case earlier in order to avoid the event," he stressed. ...
Iran Air had commissioned the operation of the airport to a Turkish-Austrian consortium, a move to which the armed forces objected on the ground that the country’s "security" and "dignity" would be jeopardized by such agreements. The IKIA began operations on May 8 with an opening ceremony followed by the landing of one foreign aircraft, but was later told to suspend operations by the armed forces for "security" reasons on the same day. |