Iran using commercial airliner to fly fighters, weapons to Syria

The Foreign Desk ^ | 05/19/2016 | Lisa Daftari

[Fali_G]

Iran is using a commercial airliner with ties to the country’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to ferry fighters and weapons to Syria.

Sanctioned by the United States for its support of terrorism, Mahan Air operates regular flights from Tehran to Dusseldorf and Munich. But now German politicians are seeking to ban the airline for its alleged ties to Iran's regime.

With a fleet of over 50 aircraft, Mahan Air has been making secret trips to Syria since August 2015 and has been delivering weapons and fighters from Iran, Iraq and Lebanon to support and reinforce Syrian President Bashar Al Assad’s forces, Germany's Bild newspaper reported.

Unlike the flights Mahan Air offers to Germany, the airline has no official flights listed to Syria.

[Fali_G]

Assad’s Aleppo-Express

[ealgeone]

And we’re paying for it.

[webheart]

Airliner is an airplane. Airline is a company that operates airplanes.

[I want the USA back]

That explains why bammy is so cozy with iran and entered into a treaty with them that gave them anything they wanted, and gave us nothing.

(Because bammy’s true loyalties lie with iran and the jihadis).

[silverleaf]

Bfd, they been doing this for years
Why Clinton got us into the Balkans
Iran commercial flights full of IRGC and weapons

[WENDLE]

Wonderful news!! Fly fly fly-— THEY ARE KILLING ISIS Sunnis!!!

[Dick Bachert]

Thanks to obozo and his malicious, fellow America hating minions, they're not going ONLY to destinations in the Middle East.

[Theo]

Exactly what I was thinking as well.

[Former Proud Canadian]

Hey, you should be happy. With sanctions fully lifted those could be Boeing planes, built in the USA.

Obama (and the country he leads) is in bed with the Iranians. This will continue until January, 2017, at least. That is what your countrymen voted for, twice.

[nuconvert]

They’ve been doing this for years. Seems to be the preferred airline of the IRGC

[Fitzy_888]

Obama consistently targets regime aligned with the US. Obama supporting Iran is ultimately an effort to triagulate the Saudi regime and probably Jordan.

Targeting US allies is more important is more important to Obama than whatever happens in Syria.