Reports from Iran indicate that the Supreme National Security
Council has ordered a complete check-up of the jet which is on standby
to fly Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei and his family to Russia should
the situation in Iran spiral out of control. The order, to the Pasdaran
Revolutionary Guard Corps, was dated on Sunday, 27 December. A fax
containing the order was sent to Dutch-based Shahrzad News.
