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Mahan Airlines is acting on behalf of Iranian terrorism agenda;
Mahan Air was designated in October 2011 pursuant to E.O. 13224 for providing financial, material, or technological support for or to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF), which was itself designated pursuant to E.O. 13224 on October 25, 2007 for its support to numerous terrorist groups;
Mahan Air has transported IRGC-QF operatives, weapons, equipment, and funds abroad in support of the IRGC-QF’s destabilizing regional operations. Mahan Air has routinely facilitated the movement of IRGC-QF personnel, fighters, and material, between Iran and Syria for military training, and has facilitated the movement of IRGC-QF members by bypassing normal security protocols and flight manifests. The airline also has moved weapons and personnel for Hizballah and regional armed groups whose actions fuel conflict and exacerbate regional instability. Hizballah was designated by the Department of State as a Foreign Terrorist Organization in October 1997 and as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist pursuant to E.O. 13224 in October 2001. It was listed in January 1995 in the Annex to E.O. 12947, which targets terrorists who threaten to disrupt the Middle East peace process, and also designated in August 2012 pursuant to E.O. 13582, which targets the Government of Syria and its supporters;
“Mahan Air continues to fly into Syria every week, even as millions of innocent civilians in Idlib province are under threat of imminent attack from the murderous Assad regime and its backers in Iran and Russia. Since the onset of the Syrian civil war, Mahan Air has routinely flown fighters and materiel to Syria to prop up the Assad regime, which has contributed to mass atrocities in the country and the displacement of millions of innocent civilians. Mahan Air continues to operate a regular schedule of three weekly flights to Syria, with additional flights periodically observed, totaling more than 170 flights since September 2017;
Providing financial, material and techological support to the IRGC-Qods Force (IRGC-QF);
Has transported personnel, weapons and goods on behalf of Hizballah;
Mahan Air support the Iranian government’s destabilizing actions in the region by conducting flights to Syria in order to tranport fighters;
Mahan Air uses complicated transactions through a serios of intermediary companies and individuals;
Commercial airline. Has transported personnel, weapons, and goods on behalf of Lebanese Hizballah. Provided assistance to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force, including transporting IRGC-QF personnel to and from Iran and Syria for military training. Mahan Air received aid in the acquisition of aircraft from Ukrainian-Mediterranean Airlines (UM Air), Bukovyna Airlines, and Sirjanco Trading LLC;
Germany sanctioned Iran regime Mahan Air over spying charges;
Also Known As:
Mahan Airways
Mahan Airlines
Involved In:
Military Weapon Program
Country:
Iran
Address:
-Mahan Tower, No. 21, Azadegan St., M.A. Jenah Exp. Way, Tehran, Iran
-Mahan Air Tower, Azadegan St., Karaj Highway, Tehran, Iran
Phone:
98-21-48041111
Hubs:
Tehran Mehrabad International Airport
Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport
Focus cities:
Shiraz
Kish Island
Kerman
Dubai
Kuala Lumpur-International
Istanbul
Fleet Size:
57
Destinations:
61
Parent Company:
Mol-Al-Movahedin Charity Institute
Headquarters:
Aryashahr, Tehran, Iran
E-Mail:
cargo@mahanairlines.com
sales@mahanairlines.net
Website:
www.mahan.aero
People of interests:
Hamid Arabnejad, Chairman & CEO
Mahdi Aliari
Articles/Reports:
Flying bombs over Europe
Iran airports report Revolutionary Guards control of Iranian airports
Reason for the color:
» Germany sanctions Iran regime airliner over spying charges;
» Mahan Air is working for Revolutionary Guard Corps and Quds Force;
» Mahan Air Ferring Illicit Weapons – Jan, 2017
» Listed by the British government in 2012 as an entity of potential concern for WMD-related procurement, and has had export licenses both granted and denied by that government;
» Added on October 12, 2011 to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), freezing its assets under U.S. jurisdiction and prohibiting transactions with U.S. parties, pursuant to Executive Order 13224, which targets terrorists and their supporters; foreign parties facilitating transactions for the entity or otherwise assisting the entity are subject to U.S. sanctions;
» Listed by the European Union on September 12, 2007 as an air carrier subject to an operating ban within the E.U. due to serious safety deficiencies; the ban was repealed on July 25, 2008;
» Providing financial, material and techological support to the IRGC-Qods Force (IRGC-QF);
» Has transported personnel, weapons and goods on behalf of Hizballah;
» Mahan Air support the Iranian government’s destabilizing actions in the region by conducting flights to Syria in order to tranport fighters;
» Mahan Air uses complicated transactions through a serios of intermediary companies and individuals;
