23.03.2011                      17.Adar ll, 5771

Türkei:

Turkey confiscates UN sanctioned cargo from Iran plane

Plane was forced to land while en route from Tehran to Syria amid suspicions that it was carrying weapons or bomb-making material, according to media reports; plane allowed to return to Iran after illegal material confiscated.

Turkey has confiscated from an Iranian cargo plane material which was illegal under United Nations sanctions on Iran, a Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.
The plane had been forced to land at Diyarbakir in southeast Turkey on Saturday night while en route from Tehran to Syria amid suspicions that it was carrying weapons or bomb-making material, according to media reports….