According to a report by Financial Times<\/a>, Western diplomats are concerned that the aircraft could be used to send weapons to conflicts in countries of the region like Yemen and Syria.<\/p>\nMahan Air, second largest in Iran has been using the network to acquire nine aircraft.<\/p>\n
Mahan Air is blacklisted by the US and Europe. According to the US Treasury Department the company in helping the regime\u2019s terrorist Qod\u2019s force, the extraterritorial special forces of the Revolutionary Guards responsible for carrying out terrorist activities outside Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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