Iran has just released six out of eight Slovak paragliders held since May on suspicions of espionage. The flying Slovaks had been arrested for photographing restricted areas in Isfahan–home to the Natanz nuclear plant. The Slovaks, however, contend that they were merely filming a documentary from the air…
As a Persian-speaking flying Slovak in the Middle East myself–I’m so relieved I could just do a Slovak cartwheel…just like I did all over Slovakia, when I was living there…