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In 2003, [[TAV Airports Holding|Tepe-Akfen-Vie]] (TAV), a Turkish-led consortium, reached an agreement with the reformist administration of [[Mohammad Khatami]] to operate the terminal and construct a second one.<ref name="re504">{{cite news | url=https://www.haaretz.com/2004-05-11/ty-article/iran-army-lifts-objection-to-new-tehran-airport/0000017f-db73-d856-a37f-fff3e0c00000 | title=Iran Army Lifts Objection to New Tehran Airport | work=Haaretz | date=11 May 2004 | agency=Reuters | accessdate=19 April 2024}}</ref><ref name="ws205">{{cite news | title=Tougher Sell: Iran, Flush With Oil Cash, Seems To Cool to Foreign Investments | work=The Wall Street Journal | date=8 February 2005 | author=Champion, Marc | id={{ProQuest|398971134}}}}</ref> It made an initial investment of {{US$|15}}{{nbsp}}million in the project.<ref name="ws205" /> The deal symbolised a shift away from the viewpoint in the government that foreign investment was a form of [[imperialism]].<ref name="wp804">{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2004/08/10/politics-on-collision-course-at-shuttered-iranian-airport/bc0454bb-de0d-4326-89bf-910fe12791a8/ | title=Politics on Collision Course At Shuttered Iranian Airport | work=The Washington Post | date=9 August 2004 | accessdate=8 April 2024 | author=Vick, Karl}}</ref> President Khatami inaugurated the airport on 1 February 2004 during celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of the revolution.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.voanews.com/a/a-13-a-2004-02-01-15-iranian/305019.html | title=Iranian Revolution Anniversary Celebrations Start with Opening of Khomeini Airport | work=Voice of America | date=1 February 2004 | accessdate=8 April 2024 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408221201/https://www.voanews.com/a/a-13-a-2004-02-01-15-iranian/305019.html | archivedate=8 April 2024}}</ref> The plan was for it to handle all international flights to Tehran.<ref name="ei204">{{cite news | title=New international airport opens near Tehran | work=Economist Intelligence Unit | date=17 February 2004 | id={{ProQuest|466840202}}}}</ref> Officials wanted the airport to represent Iran's opening to the international community and hoped it would become the largest in the Middle East.<ref name="ft700" /><ref name="wp804" /> The [[Economist Intelligence Unit]] commented that the [[Dubai International Airport|Dubai airport]] already served as a [[airline hub|hub]] in the region and that the new airport was unlikely to overcome existing barriers to tourism such as the government's rigid social rules.<ref name="ei204" />
In 2003, [[TAV Airports Holding|Tepe-Akfen-Vie]] (TAV), a Turkish-led consortium, reached an agreement with the reformist administration of [[Mohammad Khatami]] to operate the terminal and construct a second one.<ref name="re504">{{cite news | url=https://www.haaretz.com/2004-05-11/ty-article/iran-army-lifts-objection-to-new-tehran-airport/0000017f-db73-d856-a37f-fff3e0c00000 | title=Iran Army Lifts Objection to New Tehran Airport | work=Haaretz | date=11 May 2004 | agency=Reuters | accessdate=19 April 2024}}</ref><ref name="ws205">{{cite news | title=Tougher Sell: Iran, Flush With Oil Cash, Seems To Cool to Foreign Investments | work=The Wall Street Journal | date=8 February 2005 | author=Champion, Marc | id={{ProQuest|398971134}}}}</ref> It made an initial investment of {{US$|15}}{{nbsp}}million in the project.<ref name="ws205" /> The deal symbolised a shift away from the viewpoint in the government that foreign investment was a form of [[imperialism]].<ref name="wp804">{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2004/08/10/politics-on-collision-course-at-shuttered-iranian-airport/bc0454bb-de0d-4326-89bf-910fe12791a8/ | title=Politics on Collision Course At Shuttered Iranian Airport | work=The Washington Post | date=9 August 2004 | accessdate=8 April 2024 | author=Vick, Karl}}</ref> President Khatami inaugurated the airport on 1 February 2004 during celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of the revolution.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.voanews.com/a/a-13-a-2004-02-01-15-iranian/305019.html | title=Iranian Revolution Anniversary Celebrations Start with Opening of Khomeini Airport | work=Voice of America | date=1 February 2004 | accessdate=8 April 2024 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408221201/https://www.voanews.com/a/a-13-a-2004-02-01-15-iranian/305019.html | archivedate=8 April 2024}}</ref> The plan was for it to handle all international flights to Tehran.<ref name="ei204">{{cite news | title=New international airport opens near Tehran | work=Economist Intelligence Unit | date=17 February 2004 | id={{ProQuest|466840202}}}}</ref> Officials wanted the airport to represent Iran's opening to the international community and hoped it would become the largest in the Middle East.<ref name="ft700" /><ref name="wp804" /> The [[Economist Intelligence Unit]] commented that the [[Dubai International Airport|Dubai airport]] already served as a [[airline hub|hub]] in the region and that the new airport was unlikely to overcome existing barriers to tourism such as the government's rigid social rules.<ref name="ei204" />


Some Iranians including conservative newspapers objected to the deal with TAV. Their primary concern was that Turkey had links to Iran's foe Israel.<ref name="ab604">{{cite news | url=https://www.arabianbusiness.com/abnews/iranian-army-closes-new-airport-on-opening-day-206046 | title=Iranian army closes new airport on opening day | work=Arabian Business | date=6 June 2004 | accessdate=8 April 2024 | author=Denslow, Neil | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240330175522/https://www.arabianbusiness.com/abnews/iranian-army-closes-new-airport-on-opening-day-206046 | archivedate=30 March 2024}}</ref> On 7 May 2004, the [[Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps]] (IRGC) forced TAV's staff to leave the premises with their equipment and granted management of the facility to [[Iran Air]].<ref name="re504" /> The following day, an [[Emirates (airline)|Emirates]] flight from Dubai became the first to land. Hours later, however, the IRGC closed the airport by driving tanks onto the runway.<ref name="wp804" /><ref name="af504c">{{cite news | title=Army keeps Tehran's new airport shut amid security row over foreign role | date=9 May 2004 | work=Agence France-Presse | author=Ghazi, Siavosh}}</ref> It threatened to use [[anti-aircraft fire]] against the second incoming flight, which fighter jets escorted to Isfahan.<ref name="ab604" /><ref name="af504c" /> The rest of the flights were diverted to Mehrabad.<ref name="ab604" /> The IRGC and conservatives in parliament said the consortium had done business with Israel, putting Iran's security at risk.<ref>{{cite news | title=Conservatives in Iran Battle the Spread of Foreign Investment | work=The New York Times | date=10 October 2004 | author=Fathi, Nazila | id={{ProQuest|432894993}}}}</ref><ref name="jp605">{{cite news | title=All clear for takeoff at Teheran's 'Zionist-free' airport | work=The Jerusalem Post | date=12 June 2005 | author=Halpern, Orly | id={{ProQuest|319482419}}}}</ref> TAV responded that it had not done any business with Israel.<ref name="jp605" /> According to ''[[The Washington Post]]'', the guardsmen also opposed TAV's involvement for financial reasons.<ref name="wp804" /> On 11 May, the IRGC said the airport could reopen since the company had left, but the government wanted to investigate the closure first.<ref name="re504" /><ref name="ab604" /> Later that year, the conservative-dominated parliament impeached Khatami's minister of transportation, [[Ahmad Khorram]], partly because of the TAV contract.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/04/world/middleeast/legislators-in-iran-dismiss-khatami-ally.html | title=Legislators in Iran Dismiss Khatami Ally | work=The New York Times | date=3 October 2004 | accessdate=20 April 2024 | author=Fathi, Nazila}}</ref> It also granted itself the right to modify the deal.<ref name="af405a">{{cite news | title=Iran's new airport to reopen April 30 -- but no foreign help | date=5 April 2005 | work=Agence France-Presse}}</ref> The incident soured relations between Iran and Turkey and was described as an example of the divide between those Iranians who wanted to engage more with the rest of the world and those who did not.<ref name="wp804" /><ref name="af405a" />
Some Iranians including conservative newspapers objected to the deal with TAV. Their primary concern was that Turkey had links to Iran's foe Israel.<ref name="ab604">{{cite news | url=https://www.arabianbusiness.com/abnews/iranian-army-closes-new-airport-on-opening-day-206046 | title=Iranian army closes new airport on opening day | work=Arabian Business | date=6 June 2004 | accessdate=8 April 2024 | author=Denslow, Neil | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240330175522/https://www.arabianbusiness.com/abnews/iranian-army-closes-new-airport-on-opening-day-206046 | archivedate=30 March 2024}}</ref> On 7 May 2004, the [[Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps]] (IRGC) forced TAV's staff to leave the premises with their equipment and granted management of the facility to [[Iran Air]].<ref name="re504" /> The following day, an [[Emirates (airline)|Emirates]] flight from Dubai became the first to land. Hours later, however, the IRGC closed the airport by driving tanks onto the runway.<ref name="wp804" /><ref name="af504c">{{cite news | title=Army keeps Tehran's new airport shut amid security row over foreign role | date=9 May 2004 | work=Agence France-Presse | author=Ghazi, Siavosh}}</ref> It threatened to use [[anti-aircraft fire]] against the second incoming flight, which fighter jets escorted to Isfahan.<ref name="ab604" /><ref name="af504c" /> The rest of the flights were diverted to Mehrabad.<ref name="ab604" /> The IRGC and conservatives in parliament said the consortium had done business with Israel, putting Iran's security at risk.<ref>{{cite news | title=Conservatives in Iran Battle the Spread of Foreign Investment | work=The New York Times | date=10 October 2004 | author=Fathi, Nazila | id={{ProQuest|432894993}}}}</ref><ref name="jp605">{{cite news | title=All clear for takeoff at Teheran's 'Zionist-free' airport | work=The Jerusalem Post | date=12 June 2005 | author=Halpern, Orly | id={{ProQuest|319482419}}}}</ref> TAV responded that it had not done any business with Israel.<ref name="jp605" /> According to ''[[The Washington Post]]'', the guardsmen also opposed TAV's involvement for financial reasons.<ref name="wp804" /> On 11 May, the IRGC said the airport could reopen since the company had left, but the government wanted to investigate the closure first.<ref name="re504" /><ref name="ab604" /> Later that year, the conservative-dominated parliament impeached Khatami's minister of transportation, [[Ahmad Khorram]], partly because of the TAV contract.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/04/world/middleeast/legislators-in-iran-dismiss-khatami-ally.html | title=Legislators in Iran Dismiss Khatami Ally | work=The New York Times | date=3 October 2004 | accessdate=20 April 2024 | author=Fathi, Nazila}}</ref> It also granted itself the right to modify the deal. The incident soured relations between Iran and Turkey.<ref name="af405a">{{cite news | title=Iran's new airport to reopen April 30 -- but no foreign help | date=5 April 2005 | work=Agence France-Presse}}</ref> Imam Khomeini Airport was described as representing the divide between those Iranians who wanted to engage with the world and those who did not.<ref name="wp804" />


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In 2003, Tepe-Akfen-Vie (TAV), a Turkish-led consortium, reached an agreement with the reformist administration of Mohammad Khatami to operate the terminal and construct a second one.[2][3] It made an initial investment of US$15 million in the project.[3] The deal symbolised a shift away from the viewpoint in the government that foreign investment was a form of imperialism.[4] President Khatami inaugurated the airport on 1 February 2004 during celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of the revolution.[5] The plan was for it to handle all international flights to Tehran.[6] Officials wanted the airport to represent Iran's opening to the international community and hoped it would become the largest in the Middle East.[7][4] The Economist Intelligence Unit commented that the Dubai airport already served as a hub in the region and that the new airport was unlikely to overcome existing barriers to tourism such as the government's rigid social rules.[6]

Some Iranians including conservative newspapers objected to the deal with TAV. Their primary concern was that Turkey had links to Iran's foe Israel.[8] On 7 May 2004, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) forced TAV's staff to leave the premises with their equipment and granted management of the facility to Iran Air.[2] The following day, an Emirates flight from Dubai became the first to land. Hours later, however, the IRGC closed the airport by driving tanks onto the runway.[4][9] It threatened to use anti-aircraft fire against the second incoming flight, which fighter jets escorted to Isfahan.[8][9] The rest of the flights were diverted to Mehrabad.[8] The IRGC and conservatives in parliament said the consortium had done business with Israel, putting Iran's security at risk.[10][11] TAV responded that it had not done any business with Israel.[11] According to The Washington Post, the guardsmen also opposed TAV's involvement for financial reasons.[4] On 11 May, the IRGC said the airport could reopen since the company had left, but the government wanted to investigate the closure first.[2][8] Later that year, the conservative-dominated parliament impeached Khatami's minister of transportation, Ahmad Khorram, partly because of the TAV contract.[12] It also granted itself the right to modify the deal. The incident soured relations between Iran and Turkey.[13] Imam Khomeini Airport was described as representing the divide between those Iranians who wanted to engage with the world and those who did not.[4]

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Seeking to attract European tourists, Malaysia Airlines commenced direct flights from London's Heathrow Airport to Langkawi in October 2003.[14]

Malaysia Airlines inaugurated service from London's Heathrow Airport to Penang in October 2003. The route was targeted at European holidaymakers.[15][16] Nonstop flights in the opposite direction were not offered.[17]

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After the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran during World War II, two runways were built.[18]

A new terminal opened in August 1958, with Reza Shah cutting the ribbon at the inauguration ceremony.[19] In the 1960s, the United States Army Corps of Engineers finished work on the airport's paved surfaces, which included adding taxiways and enlarging the apron.[20][21]

On 5 December 1974, the roof collapsed on the main lounge of the terminal after a heavy snowfall, killing 16 people.[22][23]

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  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference ft700 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ a b c d Denslow, Neil (6 June 2004). "Iranian army closes new airport on opening day". Arabian Business. Archived from the original on 30 March 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
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  11. ^ a b Halpern, Orly (12 June 2005). "All clear for takeoff at Teheran's 'Zionist-free' airport". The Jerusalem Post. ProQuest 319482419.
  12. ^ Fathi, Nazila (3 October 2004). "Legislators in Iran Dismiss Khatami Ally". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  13. ^ "Iran's new airport to reopen April 30 -- but no foreign help". Agence France-Presse. 5 April 2005.
  14. ^ Proctor, Melanie (2003-10-21). "Inaugural flight lands in Langkawi". New Straits Times. ProQuest 271750760.
  15. ^ Proctor, Melanie (2003-10-21). "Inaugural flight lands in Langkawi". New Straits Times. ProQuest 271750760.
  16. ^ Mahidin, Jad (2003-11-03). "Direct flights boost for tourism". Malay Mail. ProQuest 326347609.
  17. ^ Emmanuel, Marina (2003-09-06). "Direct flights from London to Penang will help draw FDI". Business Times. ProQuest 266887575.
  18. ^ Garshasbi, Muhammad (7 August 2016). "سرگذشت فرودگاه مهرآباد: بازمانده <اچ -3> تهران". Iran (in Persian). Archived from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  19. ^ "گشایش ساختمان جدید فرودگاه مهرآباد". Iran (in Persian). 1 September 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  20. ^ Grathwol, Robert P.; Moorhus, Donita M. (2009). Bricks, Sand, and Marble: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Construction in the Mediterranean and Middle East, 1947-1991. Center of Military History and Corps of Engineers, United States Army. pp. 180–182.
  21. ^ Iran: Building for Tomorrow. United States Operations Mission to Iran. 1961. p. 72.
  22. ^ "Airport roof falls, killing 25 in Iran". The Miami Herald. Associated Press. 1974-12-06.
  23. ^ "Terminal collapse death toll is 16". The Miami Herald. United Press International. 1974-12-07.
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