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Germany bans Iranian airline from its airspace after US pressur

Germany has revoked the licence of an Iranian airline because it has been transporting military equipment and personnel to Syria and other Middle East war zones, the foreign ministry said on Monday, after heavy US pressure on Berlin to act.

 

The United States imposed sanctions on Mahan Air in 2011, saying it provided financial and other support to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards, and has been pressing its European allies to follow suit.

 

The German ban on the airline takes immediate effect, a foreign ministry spokesman said.

 

Contacted by Reuters, Mahan Air in Tehran said it could not comment immediately on the ban.

 


פרסום ראשון: 01.21.19, 15:27