President Obama has warned that Iran is not open for business, even as the United States has loosened some of its punishing economic sanctions as part of an interim nuclear pact.
Yet, on Tuesday morning, Iran had an unlikely visitor: a plane, owned by the Bank of Utah, a community bank in Ogden that has 13 branches throughout the state. Bearing a small American flag on its tail, the aircraft was parked in a highly visible section of Mehrabad Airport in Tehran.
But from there, the story surrounding the plane, and why it was in Iran — where all but a few United States and European business activities are prohibited — grows more mysterious.
While federal aviation records show the plane is held in a trust by the Bank of Utah, Brett King, one of its executives in Salt Lake City, said, “We have no idea why that plane was at that airport.”
He said that the Bank of Utah acted as a trustee for investors who have a financial stake in the plane and that the bank was investigating further.
The Federal Aviation Administration said it had no information about the investors in the aircraft or who was operating it. Officials waiting at the gangway at Mehrabad Airport said only that the aircraft was “V.I.P.”
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Mystery: American plane spotted in Iran
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Mystery: American plane spotted in Iran
“For evil to flourish, it only requires good men to do nothing.” Simon Wiesenthal
Sounds more like a case of the banking industry operating outside the law again....... And we're surprised by this why????? 
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kbot wrote: Sounds more like a case of the banking industry operating outside the law again....... And we're surprised by this why?????
Technology is getting so good even the thugs at top are having a hard time hiding.
“For evil to flourish, it only requires good men to do nothing.” Simon Wiesenthal
Well, they need to fly people all over for various nefarious reasons... although the US flag is a little suspicious, they are usually a bit more circumspect.
But if it is them, then they are either transporting a) drugs b) guns or c) money.
But if it is them, then they are either transporting a) drugs b) guns or c) money.
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