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Tehran, Iran — An Iranian airline conducted a rare women-only flight on Sunday, landing for the first time in the holy city of Mashhad in the northeast, state media reported.

The Aseman Airlines flight by Shahrzad Shams — one of Iran’s pioneering women pilots — carried 110 passengers on board, according to the official IRNA news agency.

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Dubbed the “Iran Banoo” (Iran Lady) flight, the plane touched down at Hasheminejad International Airport in Mashhad, Iran’s second-largest city and home to the revered shrine of Imam Reza, one of Shiite Islam’s holiest sites.

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“This is the first time a women-only flight, with both female passengers and crew, lands in Mashhad,” the official IRNA news agency said, without specifying the flight’s departure point.

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The trip to Mashhad coincided with the anniversary of the birth of Fatima al-Zahra, the daughter of the Prophet Mohammed, according to IRNA.

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Iran’s aviation industry has seen some women become pilots in recent years, though it remains uncommon.

In October 2019, pilot Neshat Jahandari and co-pilot Forouz Firouzi became the first women to fly a passenger flight in the Islamic republic’s history, according to local media.

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