US blacklists Iraqi firm helping Iran buy Airbus planes
Mahan Air was placed under sanctions in 2011 for providing transport services to Iran's Revolutionary Guards and the Lebanese militia Hezbollah (AFP Photo/Mohammed Huwais)/ Washington (AFP) - The US Treasury placed restrictive sanctions Thursday on an Iraqi middleman company which obtained and sold nine Airbus aircraft to Iran's already-blacklisted Mahan Air./ The Treasury said Al-Naser Airlines, based in Iraq, was used as a "cutout" to procure eight Airbus A340 aircraft and one A320 for transfer early this month to Mahan Air, which was ...
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