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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 the directors of two airlines 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 military 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 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (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 guards said it was unsafe and an affront to national dignity for foreigners to be in charge of the largest airport in Iran.[4][10] Conservatives in parliament stated that the consortium had done business with Israel. TAV responded that it had no association with the country.[3] Later that year, the conservative-dominated parliament impeached Khatami's minister of transportation, Ahmad Khorram, partly because of the TAV contract.[11] It also granted itself the right to veto the deal and another one that the government had signed with a Turkish firm.[12] The contract was ultimately annulled.[13] The incident soured relations between Iran and Turkey.[14]

According to Ray Takeyh, a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, the likely reason for the closure was that "the local interest, particularly Revolutionary Guards, desired a greater share of the profits".[13] The Guardian and The Washington Post made similar comments.[4][15] The latter also described the airport as a symbol of the divide between those Iranians who wanted to engage more 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.[16]

Malaysia Airlines inaugurated service from London's Heathrow Airport to Penang in October 2003. The route was targeted at European holidaymakers.[17][18] Nonstop flights in the opposite direction were not offered.[19]

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After the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran during World War II, two runways were built.[20]

A new terminal opened in August 1958, with Reza Shah cutting the ribbon at the inauguration ceremony.[21] 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.[22][23]

On 5 December 1974, the roof collapsed on the main lounge of the terminal after a heavy snowfall, killing 16 people.[24][25]

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  2. ^ a b "Iran Army Lifts Objection to New Tehran Airport". Haaretz. Reuters. 11 May 2004. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Champion, Marc (8 February 2005). "Tougher Sell: Iran, Flush With Oil Cash, Seems To Cool to Foreign Investments". The Wall Street Journal. ProQuest 398971134.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Vick, Karl (9 August 2004). "Politics on Collision Course At Shuttered Iranian Airport". The Washington Post. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Iranian Revolution Anniversary Celebrations Start with Opening of Khomeini Airport". Voice of America. 1 February 2004. Archived from the original on 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  6. ^ a b "New international airport opens near Tehran". Economist Intelligence Unit. 17 February 2004. ProQuest 466840202.
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  9. ^ a b Ghazi, Siavosh (9 May 2004). "Army keeps Tehran's new airport shut amid security row over foreign role". Agence France-Presse.
  10. ^ Vick, Karl (22 June 2004). "In Iran, Terrorism Remains A Matter of Perspective". The Washington Post. ProQuest 409682809.
  11. ^ Fathi, Nazila (3 October 2004). "Legislators in Iran Dismiss Khatami Ally". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
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  13. ^ a b Halpern, Orly (12 June 2005). "All clear for takeoff at Teheran's 'Zionist-free' airport". The Jerusalem Post. ProQuest 319482419.
  14. ^ "Iran's new airport to reopen April 30 -- but no foreign help". Agence France-Presse. 5 April 2005.
  15. ^ Borger, Julian; Tait, Robert (15 February 2010). "The financial power of the Revolutionary Guards". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
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  19. ^ Emmanuel, Marina (2003-09-06). "Direct flights from London to Penang will help draw FDI". Business Times. ProQuest 266887575.
  20. ^ 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.
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  22. ^ 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.
  23. ^ Iran: Building for Tomorrow. United States Operations Mission to Iran. 1961. p. 72.
  24. ^ "Airport roof falls, killing 25 in Iran". The Miami Herald. Associated Press. 1974-12-06.
  25. ^ "Terminal collapse death toll is 16". The Miami Herald. United Press International. 1974-12-07.
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