Iranian Leader Ayatollah Khamenei's jet put on standby (for evacuation to Russia)

Radio Netherlands Worldwide ^ | 29 December 2009 - 7:46 pm | Radio Netherlands Worldwide

[BP2]

photo: Ayatollah Khamenei (left) en Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (right) (EPA)

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.


 
In Iran, tens of thousands of pro-government supporters took to the streets on Tuesday, calling for leaders of the opposition to be punished. They say the opposition is to blame for the protests during the Shiite festival of Ashura in which eight people are reported to have been killed by riot police.
 
Opposition supporters launched the demonstrations following the death of Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri a critic of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The protests were crushed by the authorities and the opposition is now calling for the government to apologise for the excessive violence used by the police.
 
President Ahmadinejad says the United States, Great Britain and Israel are behind the protests. The British ambassador in Tehran has been summoned by the Iranian authorities. The Revolutionary Guard says the foreign media and Iran's enemies are waging a psychological war aimed at bringing down the legitimate Iranian government.
 
Some Iranian MPs are calling for demonstrators to be sentenced to death. Various opposition figures have been arrested including the sister of Nobel peace prize laureate Schirin Ebadi.

[BP2]

Nothing like a little revolution ... to shake things up!

[Jet Jaguar]

BTTT

[Jet Jaguar]

BTTT

[element92]

wishful thinking

[LukeL]

Let’s hope we can put this SOB in exile.

[Ezekiel]

Russia is the new safe haven for islamic mullahs?

The $4000/night cottages in Kailua were booked.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Maybe Jimmy Carter will offer him a room and bath at the peanut farm.

[BP2]

Exile for Khamenei and public execution (Muslim-style) for Ahmadinejad would be sweet justice.

All no thanks to certain Western leaders, afraid to spread the good word of a democratic and free people.

[April Lexington]

Cut and Run! Is this the same Russia who has wiped out islamic Chechnya and killed off its last Czar and family? Great place to hide! I'd try Cuba or Venezuela instead. Actually, the Shah fled to the Bahamas! Try that! Or... even better... NEW YORK! Yeah, that's the ticket! New York! You can even get a free trial there if you need one!

[dennisw]

Get rid of these Islamic cockroaches and bring back the great Persian civilization. The Persians are intelligent people and need to kill and dispose of their Muslim overlords. Those fat overstuffed Islamic dung beetles

[Ancient Drive]

feeling the butterflies in your stomach Khomeini? lol

[highlander_UW]

All no thanks to certain Western leaders, afraid to spread the good word of a democratic and free people.

It'd be hypocritical of Obama to spread the good word of a democratic and free people...he doesn't believe in it.

[Hexenhammer]

holy hell, that’s a stunning development

[bushpilot1]

King Leonidas would disagree with your statement.

[onyx]

Like I said on a thread yesterday,

the first one out takes the money!

[Mr. Silverback]

Oh please, Lord, let it be so.

Protect those brave people in the streets. Let Your enemies scatter, let them flee from before You; as smoke is driven away, so drive them away!

[BlackVeil]

Such news needs to be confirmed. The Iranian opposition group, the MEK, constantly fabricate false stories. That “copy of a letter” looks like one of their productions.