"The plot to hijack a Fokker-100 plane of Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet
militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word
Iranis a cognate form of
Aryan.The abbreviation
IRGCis the same idea as
Stürmabteilung (or SA).The term
Supreme Guideis a the modern version form of either
Duceor
Führeror maybe both. They hate
Air... was neutralized on Thursday night by the vigilance of the Guards," said a statement posted on the Guards' Sepahnews website.
The plane had departed Ahvaz airport
...probably connected to ASMLA, The Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz, an Iranian Arab nationalist group that advocates secession of Khuzestan Province to establish an Arab state...
in southwestern Iran for Mashhad in the northeast at 22:10 pm (1840 GMT) on Thursday before the attempted hijacking was made, the Guards said."The perpetrator of the plot" was arrested after the "urgent landing of the plane at Isfahan airport" in central Iran, the statement said, without elaborating.
"The plane's passengers, who are in perfect health, flew to their (final) destination on an alternative flight," the statement said, adding that an investigation was underway.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps are in charge of security for Iran's airports and airspace.
Iran has tense relations with several of its neighbors across the Gulf, especially its regional rival Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
, but also Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.