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Just An Idea

The Iran Air and Iranian Air force had survived some how that U.S sanction for 33 years.

May be they could sell it to an outsider even few rich Iranian can joint venture and Keep the name HOMA and  set up office and headquarter in let say Istanbul and provide air service to all; Iranians included.

And the sanction (between Governments)can be avoided like that.

Maziar

And Mr. Jalili here is how you can help Mr. Shahbazi

You can travel from your "PERSIAN" gulf base to Iran and help Mr. Shahbazi organize this proposed strike of your and find out it is not so easy to shit borrowing other people's asses.

Bark up Right Tree

There is another way Mr. Shahbazi can attack this porblem, Mr. Shahbazi can organize his pilots to go on strike against the Rapits Mullah 'republic' and force it from power 

H. Michael Jalili is a writer based in the Gulf.

go to this link red the

go to this link red the article and scroll down to the comments! >>> //travel.usatoday.com/flights/post/2012/08/ir...

I'm sure you can handle Russian or Syrian Spare Parts ...

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I agree with Shahbazi

We are talking about the lives of ordinary Iranians here. People have a right to travel to see their loved ones or go about their business in safety and know that they'll get to their destination/return in one piece.

I'm against sanctions on Iran in general, as I believe they will end up hurting the ordinary Iranians and I'm especially against the aviation sanction which could result in catastrophic loss of lives, as it has in the past.

That said, Faramarz is correct that it is in the hands of the IR to end these sanctions by reversing its forever confrontational and belligerent stance against the West and cooperate with them.

If the shoe was on the other foot!

Just for a second imagine that the American cars could only run on Iranian oil!

Do you believe that the Regime would sell even one barrel of oil to the "Global Arrogance" unless it completely surrendered to Islam and the Islamic Republic?

The good captain should plead with the "hostage takers" and ask them to show some mercy for his passengers and agree to work with the west and get the spare parts. 

The ball on this item has been in the Regime's court for a long time.

ok now Babak !

What about the Buddhists, the Atheists , the Communists, etc...

Nevermind the Muslims ...  

LOL 

Sanctions are working

The only problem I see, is that it is not enough, West should enforce harsher sanctions aimed directly and Oil export, that is the Rejime's main source of income. Meanwhile, they should bombard the country with food, medicin, and all other necesities.

Long live Bahaies, Jews, Zartosht, and christians in Iran 

Iran’s Aging Airliner Fleet Seen as Faltering Under US Sanctions

TEHRAN — Capt. Houshang Shahbazi was preparing to land at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport last October when a blinking red light in the cockpit of his 40-year-old Boeing 727 signaled that he had a big problem: the landing gear in the nose was jammed.

Behind the cockpit, in rows of cramped, outdated seats, sat 120 passengers who had boarded the Iran Air flight three hours earlier in Moscow. Captain Shahbazi and his crew performed all the emergency procedures, but the plane’s front wheel remained stuck.

As the passengers were told to prepare for a crash landing, Captain Shahbazi placed both hands on the controls and tried to banish thoughts of charred bodies and flaming wreckage.

When he joined Iran’s state airline in 1983, its fleet of Boeings and Airbuses was in mint technical condition. Whenever he walked down the gate toward his plane, black Aviator sunglasses under his pilot’s cap, Captain Shahbazi said, he would swell with pride and confidence.

But after 17 years of United States sanctions that have prevented the Islamic Republic from buying new Western planes and spare parts, he said he now felt ashamed before his passengers and angry over American policies, which he said, were responsible for Iranian plane crashes that have left more than 1,700 passengers and crew members dead.

//www.nytimes.com/2012/07/14/world/middleeast/irans-airliners-falter-under-sanctions.html?_r=1

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Those of us who advocate "airtight sanctions" should realize its ramifications on innocent ordinary people of Iran........Of course, if they care........