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By Amir Basiri
American Thinker, December 29, 2016 - Mainstream media is rife with news about Iran sealing
multibillion-dollar deals with Airbus and Boeing to purchase more than 100
passenger planes.
Unfortunately, Iran is no ordinary
buyer. It's a mistake for anyone to rejoice over such a deal or boast about it
improving economies and creating jobs. This is a regime designated as
the leading state sponsor of terrorism.
the leading state sponsor of terrorism.
The U.S. Treasury Department has
identified Iranian commercial airlines as linked to the regime’s lethal and
nonstop support for terrorism. With its numerous campaigns in support of Shiite
militias and dictators, Iran has actively used its aging air fleet to shuttle
hired mercenaries and arms
to Syria, Iraq, Yemen, and Lebanon.
to Syria, Iraq, Yemen, and Lebanon.
Iran Air and Iran Air Tours were
both designated as terrorist-related in 2011. According to the U.S. Treasury
Department these airlines are known to “disguise and manifest weapons shipments
as medicine and generic spare parts” to Syria. They are known to airlift
missiles and rocket components.
Mahan Air, an Iranian airline in close relations
with the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) and its Quds Force (QF), is known to
provide airlifts to IRGC-QF personnel flown
between Iran, Syria, and Iraq for military training.
between Iran, Syria, and Iraq for military training.
“Mahan Air’s close coordination with the
IRGC-QF–secretly ferrying operatives, weapons and funds on its flights–reveals
yet another facet of the IRGC’s extensive infiltration of Iran’s commercial
sector to facilitate its support for terrorism,” emphasized David S. Cohen,
former U.S. Treasury Department undersecretary for terrorism and financial
intelligence. “Following the revelation about the IRGC-QF’s use of the
international financial system to fund its murder-for-hire plot, today’s action
highlights further the undeniable risks of doing business with Iran.”
Mahan Air eased the covert
transfer of IRGC-QF officers by bypassing normal security procedures, such as
excluding specific data on flight manifests in order to eliminate records
of
the IRGC-QF
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