US man diverted to Iran after midair heart attack

[directfiesta]

OK, he`s done , might as well be dead ... They are bad guys, those ' arabs ' , they eat people , even if alive .... Damn, should have parking lotted this place with a glass sheet ....

An American on a flight from Dubai to Seattle suffered a heart attack and was taken to Iran for treatment, according to reports Saturday.

The AFP news agency, citing Iran?s ISNA service, said the Emirates aircraft was in Iranian airspace when the passenger, 52, became unwell and the plane landed in Tehran.

?Yesterday (Friday), an airplane belonging to the Emirates airline, flying from Dubai to Seattle and while passing over Iran?s airspace, contacted the control tower and announced that one of this flight?s passengers had suffered a heart attack,? Abbas Mosayebi, of Iran?s Civil Aviation Organization, was quoted as saying.

?Despite international sanctions against the Iranian people which also endanger their lives, yesterday we helped an American citizen in our country,? Mosayebi reportedly said, adding the man was still in a hospital Saturday.

AFP said Swiss diplomats in Tehran, who handle American interests in the absence of a U.S. Embassy, declined to comment on the report.

The incident comes and the U.S. and other world powers are holding talks with Iran over its disputed nuclear program.

http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news...rt-attack?lite

[u-Bob]

'those arabs'.

Technically, Iranians aren't Arabs. Well, there are some Iranians Arabs, but that's a minority.

[pornmasta]

[TheSquealer]

As if its not politics...

[Rochard]

He'll get the best care they can give him and then quickly move him to another country. No big deal.

[Sly]

We have helped out distressed sailors in their waters quite a few times over the last few months. Should be without incident.

[brassmonkey]

give them a arab cookie

[asdasd]

Things are quite normal when sellout whores aren't trying to placate wealthy religious fundamentalists.

[livexxx]

Heart attack mid-flight? I think the CIA call that extraordinary rendition ;)

[directfiesta]

Originally Posted by u-Bob

'those arabs'.

Technically, Iranians aren't Arabs. Well, there are some Iranians Arabs, but that's a minority.

I know that ... hence the ' ' ... but I was replicating the general US beliefs and propaganda ... seems that sarcasm is not your forte ...

[John-ACWM]

...hope for the best.

[Gouge]

Originally Posted by directfiesta

OK, he`s done , might as well be dead ... They are bad guys, those ' arabs ' , they eat people , even if alive .... Damn, should have parking lotted this place with a glass sheet ....

Iranians are Persian not Arab and you fail at sarcasm, you also picked a horrible story to use to make a point with.

[beerptrol]

yep, he'll get better care than most Iranians, then sent on his way to another country. He's a political pawn and in this case they want to make a good impression

[directfiesta]

Originally Posted by Gouge

Iranians are Persian not Arab and you fail at sarcasm, you also picked a horrible story to use to make a point with.

Here you go, from 2007 !!!!

https://gfy.com/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=13164656

Originally Posted by directfiesta

For you and many uneducated idiots, yes they are ....

This is also false ... you should write your own book ... after all, you already write all your own fairy tales....

http://www.gnxp.com/MT2/archives/001401.html

Iranians aren't Arabs....

One thing that many Americans (and Germans too as well[1]) find confusing is that Iran is not an Arab country. Mainstream publications have had to offer corrections for decades after mistakenly including Iran in a list of Arab nations or terming it an Arab nation. Here is the ethnic break-down in Iran: Persian 51%, Azeri 24%, Gilaki and Mazandarani 8%, Kurd 7%, Arab 3%, Lur 2%, Baloch 2%, Turkmen 2%, other 1%.

The two big groups to note are the Azeris and the Persians. Persians obviously are the core ethnic group and Farsi is the national language[2]. Azeris though are not an oppressed minority, and I have read that they are over-represented in the power elite. Azeris are a Turkic group and their language is very close to the Turkish of Turkey proper, the main difference is that they are Shia rather than Sunni Muslims. Ethnic affiliations are to some extent fluid between such close groups like the Azeris, Turkomans and Turks, and even with more distant ones like Persians[3].

Persians often take great umbrage at being confused with Arabs. Authors like Robert Kaplan and V.S. Naipul have documented the Persian antipathy toward the Arabs, all the while espousing the Arab religion enthusiastically. It is rather understandable for reasons of history, geography and religion why Iran is bracketed into the Arab world in the minds of many.


Iranian 101 for deficit_of_boom ....

[baddog]

Originally Posted by directfiesta

I know that ... hence the ' ' ... but I was replicating the general US beliefs and propaganda ... seems that sarcasm is not your forte ...

You mean you were replicating your general beliefs about Americans.