Iranian Supreme National Security Council has ordered a complete check-up of the jet which is on standby to fly Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his family to Russia should the situation in Iran spiral out of control.

The order, to the Pasdaran Revolutionary Guard Corps, was dated on Sunday, 27 December, the second day of recent unrests in Iran.

The document containing the order was sent to Shahrzad News office in The Netherlands.

The letter has been signed by Said Jalili, the current secretary of the council and one of two representative of Iran’s religious leader Ali Khamenei.

Supreme National Security Council is the national security council of the Islamic Republic of Iran. This institution was founded during the 1989 revision of the constitution.

The members of council are:

1. Head of the Executive- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
2. Head of the Legislative- Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani
3. Head of the Judiciary- Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani
4. Chief of the Supreme Command Council of the Armed Forces (SCCAF)- Major General Ataollah Seyed Hossein Salehi
5. Secretary of Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) and Chief Nuclear Negotiator-Saeed Jalili
6. Minister of Foreign Affairs- Manuchehr Mottaki
7. Minister of the Interior-  Mostafa Mohamad Najar
8. Minister of Information (Intelligence and Security)-  Heydar Moslehi

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