On March, 2007 Iran Air, Iran's national airline, had completed its first direct flight to Venezuela.
But Iran endured the deadliest single accident of the year on 9 January, when an Iran Air Boeing 727 crashed near Orumiyeh, killing 77.
Iran Air has weekly direct flights between Caracas, Damascus and Tehran.
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The national carrier, Iran Air, continues to operate, he adds.
But life outside Iran, while the air is plentiful, can be artistically disorienting.
And with the prospect of diplomatic "progress" with Iran on Iraq in the air, the US certainly doesn't want to rock the boat by pursuing the issue of Iran's nuclear weapons program.
The American press continues to speculate about American and perhaps Israeli air attacks against Iran's nuclear sites.
Putin had mentioned that Russia had sold defensive air systems to Iran so that Iran would not feel cornered and threatened, and Larijani also said that any of the missiles that Iran has are purely for defensive purposes.
It was built on a military base, says Iran, the better to defend it from air strikes.
Most of the aviation fatalities in 2011 occurred in Russia, Iran and African countries that have long faced air-safety problems, such as Angola and Congo.
There were also statements attributed to senior Israelis and Americans suggesting that the window for military action could close within a year, because by then Iran might already have developed a bomb, or improved its air defences sufficiently to deter any attack.
Almost every assessment of a possible Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear installations has assumed that Israel will use its air force to strike.
Nothing better illustrates the Bush administration's air of helplessness than this latest idea of involving Syria and Iran in efforts to bring some stability to Iraq.
Mr Olmert needs to know whether this finding has neutralised Mr Bush's threat of military action against Iran, and how America would react if Israel were to launch an air strike on its own.
Iran is defended, but mainly by Soviet-era surface-to-air missiles of a kind the Israelis have dealt with before.
Saudi Arabia also warned Iran Friday that it will no longer tolerate Iranian war planes intruding into Saudi air space.
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FILM-makers in Iran have always had to get by with just a few breaths of artistic air yet made memorable movies in the process.
Further, as an illustration of Iran's febrile mood, many Iranians blame a recent lethal rise in air pollution on the allegedly low quality of indigenous fuel.
If Iran chooses to do so again, the Administration can easily dismiss the recent rumors as so much hot air.
The Air Force began receiving the first of the bombs in September, a time of growing tensions with Iran.
Balkh Air has plans to acquire a Boeing, and extend services to Istanbul, Moscow and other cities in Iran and Central Asia.
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