In addition to concealing its own business, it appears that Mahan Air has also been concealing other countries’ diplomatic incidents, as well as the security negligence of their employees. The following is documentation of a flight safety incident, in which the Syrian Foreign Minister insisted on smoking during the flight, against the airline’s rules, and the Mahan Air crew authorized him to do so, despite the risks this entails.

And in order to deal with the new hazard they had just approved, Mahan Air placed a steward to overlook the minister, as he smoked, without a fire extinguisher…