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Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 1:12 PM

The world could use more harmless geopolitical pranks like this:

A satellite image of Tehran airport taken by Google Earth service outraged Iranian government officials as the Star of David appeared on the roof of the headquarters of the national carrier Iran Air.

The Iranian became angry when local media reported Saturday the discovery of a Google Earth image that shows the Star of David on top of the main building of the Airline of the Islamic Republic of Iran, also known as Iran Air, and called for its instant removal, the Israeli daily Yediot Ahronot reported Sunday.

As speculations rose about the presence of the Zionist symbol in the Islamic republic that has severed all ties with Israel since the 1979 revolution, Iranian media explained that the Iran Air building was, in fact, constructed by Israeli engineers during the time of Shah Mohamed Reza Pahlavi.

(Via: Atlantic Wire)

6 Comments

    pentamom
    November 30th, 2010 | 1:37 pm

    That’s amazing. Someone’s been laughing for at least 30 years, and we only now find out about it.

    Geopolitical humour « All Manner of Thing
    November 30th, 2010 | 4:55 pm

    [...] (Hat-tip: Joe Carter) [...]

    Dave B
    November 30th, 2010 | 7:14 pm

    Maybe somebody else is being punked. No aircrafts ever fly over that building?

    publius
    December 1st, 2010 | 10:13 am

    Funny stuff, and no doubt a great targetting device for use in the coming years….

    Picture of the Day – Delicious: Google Earth reveals Star of David on roof of Iran Air HQ | Jim Blazsik
    December 1st, 2010 | 12:46 pm

    [...] “Israel Punks Iran with Star of David on Tehran Airport” and related posts (firstthings.com) [...]

    Poppy Bison
    December 1st, 2010 | 3:45 pm

    God’s humor.

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