Tehran based general aviation and pilot training company, Paravaran Asseman opens Iran’s first skydiving centre.
(1888PressRelease) December 10, 2008 - Iran, Islamic Republic of – Tehran based general aviation and pilot training company Paravaran Asseman has opened the world's first unisex Muslim skydiving centre. Called "Shahab Skydiving" the facility plays host to male and female skydiving instructors and students from a variety of countries.
As the vast majority of the worlds skydiving instructors are male, Muslim women have had virtually no opportunity to take part in one of the worlds most thrilling and adventurous sports. Muslim women are prohibited from skydiving with male instructors, due to the fact that their bodies would be intimately positioned whilst harnessed together. An example of these complexities was famously demonstrated by Pakistan's first female tourism minister Nilofar Bakhtiar. Whilst visiting Europe, Ms Bakhtiar made a skydive with a male instructor (they were strapped together) and upon her return to Pakistan was forced to resign from her position in government **.
As a totally new way of allowing Muslim women to participate, Paravaran Asseman has specifically employed female skydiving instructors which have uniquely allowed Muslim women to experience the thrill and exhilaration of skydiving for the first time.
The aircraft for the skydiving operations is the British made, Britten-Norman Islander. The "Islander" is widely regarded as one of the safest and most popular aircraft in use for skydiving worldwide.
The centre plans to operate all through winter and is preparing for an expansion of its operations in spring 2009.
Pictures and videos are available upon request. For more information please visit www.paaviation.com
or email: skydive ( @ ) paaviation dot com
** For full story visit: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article1820247.ece
Tehran based general aviation and pilot training company, Paravaran Asseman opens Iran’s first skydiving centre. 
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