Voice of America: Iran Hero Pilot Shahbazi 'Forced To Retire' Over Sanctions Campaign

Voice of America Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries

Iran Hero Pilot Shahbazi 'Forced To Retire' Over Sanctions Campaign Oct 23rd 2012, 18:59 A year ago, an Iran Air pilot was hailed as a hero after he safely landed a passenger plane whose front landing gear had failed to open. The captain started a campaign against international sanctions, which he says are making civil aircraft in Iran unsafe. But now he has been forced to retire, for apparently embarrassing the government. Cellphone footage posted on the Internet shows Iran Air Flight 742 from Moscow approaching Tehran's Imam Khomeini International Airport on October 18th ... Media files: 07BAD243-5192-4757-91C5-55A461FF2B5A_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg?nocache=1 (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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