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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 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. The agreement with TAV was ultimately annulled.[12] The incident soured relations between Iran and Turkey.[13] 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".[14] 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. Archived from the original on 27 April 2024. 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.
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  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. ^ "Iran's new airport to reopen April 30 -- but no foreign help". Agence France-Presse. 5 April 2005.
  14. ^ Halpern, Orly (12 June 2005). "All clear for takeoff at Teheran's 'Zionist-free' airport". The Jerusalem Post. ProQuest 319482419.
  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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