{"id":9698,"date":"2019-02-06T22:08:48","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T21:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=9698"},"modified":"2019-02-06T22:25:05","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T21:25:05","slug":"mahan-air-rigc-quds-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2019\/02\/mahan-air-rigc-quds-force\/9698\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahan Air, a tool for espionage and terror"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<!--?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"--><html><body><p>Mahan Air, a tool for espionage and terror<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Mahan Air, a tool for espionage and terror\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h6AG87aAl18?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In their 40 years of ruling Iran, the\nmullahs have proven that this regime exploits every opportunity for espionage,\nterror, and other illegitimate purposes. It\u2019s not a secret that its income from foreign trade is spent mainly for the\noppression of the Iranian population, and for warmongering and export of\nterrorism. So it\u2019s no surprise that the Iranian air fleet, which Mahan Air is\nthe second largest company of it, also serves the same purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, Berlin banned the landing of\nMahan Air in the country. Evidence suggests that this civilian company\napparently, has been the facilitator of the terrorist activities of the Iranian\nregime in the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Germany bans Iran\u2019s Mahan air over suspicions of terror support\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JLsm0CnExlI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-iran-airline\/bowing-to-u-s-pressure-germany-bans-iran-airline-from-its-airspace-idUSKCN1PF0QC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">German government spokesman Steffen Seibert told Reuters<\/a>: \u201cIt cannot be ruled out that this airline carries out transports to Germany that affect our security concerns. This is based on knowledge of past terrorist activities by Iran in Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.treasury.gov\/press-center\/press-releases\/Pages\/tg1322.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Previously also, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced<\/a> on 10\/12\/2011, the designation of Iranian commercial airline Mahan Air pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13224 for providing financial, material and technological support to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-<a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2018\/10\/02\/irans-terrorism-ncri-eu-us\/\">Qods Force (IRGC-QF).<\/a> \u201cBased in Tehran, Mahan Air provides transportation, funds transfers and personnel travel services to the IRGC-QF.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/envoy-says-us-convinced-germany-to-ban-irans-mahan-air\/a-47184240\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">US ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell<\/a>, stated: \u201cMahan Air has flown terrorists, weapons, equipment and funds to international locations to support Iranian terrorist proxy groups,\u201d including Syria\u2019s murderous Assad regime. He thanked Germany for imposing the ban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/RichardGrenell\/status\/1087621999797698561\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/world\/articles\/2019-01-21\/germany-bans-irans-mahan-air-amid-security-concerns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">On Monday, January 21, the German Foreign Minister, <\/a>Heiko Maas,\u00a0 explicitly stated that Mahan Air was carrying weapons and soldiers to the war zones in Syria and considered the lifting of Mahan Air\u2019s permission related to its security issues. The German Foreign Ministry announced in a message: the decision was taken within the framework of the recent sanctions imposed by the Council of the EU following the developments (mullahs regime\u2019s terrorist plots) in the soil of France and Denmark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an interview with the European Commission\u2019s TV, the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/01\/22\/terrorism-is-making-europe-think-again-about-appeasing-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas <\/a>said: \u201cWe were convinced with the developments in France and Denmark that the Iranian airline Mahan Air was used to prepare the attacks. That\u2019s why we canceled their flights.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It seems that the German government, as the most eager supporter of a catastrophic nuclear deal with Iran, has confused Tehran. For long, the mullahs regime was lending its hope to SPV as the savior of its collapsed economy from US sanctions. But now, not only they didn\u2019t bring about <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2018\/11\/18\/eu-special-purpose-vehicle-spv\/\" target=\"_blank\">the SPV and replaced it by <g class=\"gr_ gr_5 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"5\" data-gr-id=\"5\">INSTEX<\/g><\/a> but also Germany joined the regime\u2019s sanctiones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-fundamentalism\/23820-iran-an-irgc-qods-force-entity-called-mahan-operating-under-the-guise-of-a-private-company\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has already revealed in several reports, including a report released in October 2017<\/a> that Mahan Air is part of the Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guards and has called for sanctions to be imposed on the airline. According to these reports, Mahan Air is used to transport members of the Revolutionary Guards and their militias and weapons to Syria and other countries involved in terror and warfare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mahan Air is apparently a private company founded in 1991 in Kerman. The major shareholder of the firm is \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/terrorism-fundamentalism\/21481-mahan-air-is-owned-by-the-iranian-revolutionary-guards-transfers-weapons-and-guards-to-syria-and-must-be-sanctioned\">Charity of Mowla al-Movaheddin<\/a>\u201c, which belongs to <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2018\/07\/11\/terrorist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC).<\/a> The company owns 60 passenger and cargo aircrafts and, in addition to domestic flights, flies to 52 destinations in Europe, Asia and the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mahan Air has multiple daily flights\nfrom Tehran, Mashhad, Isfahan, Shiraz and Abadan to Damascus. These flights use\nIraqi air space and carry weapons, equipment and Revolutionary Guards for war\nagainst the Syrian people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Germany\u2019s banning the\nMahan Air only\nserves to prove what the Iranian Resistance has been saying all along. The\nIranian Regime poses a real and serious threat to the safety and security of\nother countries, whether through their missile program, their support for\nterrorism, or their human rights abuses. The Iranian Regime has not changed its behavior in the past 40\nyears and cannot be expected to do so now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is notable to remind that after the assertion of the U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo during his recent visit to\u00a0 Cairo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/item\/iranian-people-right-resistance-freedom-needs-recognized\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Mrs.Maryam Rajavi the president-elect of the NCRI<\/a>, highlighted that gaining access to weapons of mass destruction, violations of human rights, export of fundamentalism, and terrorism are the four pillars holding up the theocratic regime ruling Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ultimate solution for discarding the mullahs\u2019 religious\nfascism is changing this illegitimate regime at the hands of the Iranian people\nand Resistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recognition of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\n(NCRI), as the sole democratic alternative to the terrorist religious\ndictatorship in Iran, is imperative to rectifying and ending the disastrous\nU.S. policy of appeasement over the past four decades. The clerical regime,\nwhich holds the world record in executions, will only understand a decisive and\nfirm response.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mahan Air, a tool for espionage and terror In their 40 years of ruling Iran, the mullahs have proven that this regime exploits every opportunity for espionage, terror, and other illegitimate purposes. 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