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Pakistan 'ditched' US despite playing peacemaker, helped Iran park planes at Nur Khan to escape attacks

Pakistan reportedly allowed Iranian military aircraft to park on its airfields to shield them from US airstrikes, a claim a senior Pakistani official denied. This alleged action has prompted calls for a re-evaluation of Pakistan's role as a mediator in the US-Iran conflict.

The Economic Times

Despite mediating in US-Iran war, Pakistan allowed Iranian aircraft use its airbases to avoid American strikes: Report

Pakistan reportedly sheltered Iranian military aircraft at its airbases, raising questions about its neutrality as a mediator in the US-Iran conflict. US officials cited in a CBS News report claim Iran moved planes, including a reconnaissance jet, to Pakistan's Nur Khan Air Base. A Pakistani official denied these allegations, calling…

The Times of India

US seizes plane that Iran sold to Venezuela

The United States claims Iran violated its sanctions when it sold the jumbo jet to Venezuela.

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US Seizes Iranian-Venezuelan Plane Violating Export Control Laws

The U.S. government seizes a Boeing 747 cargo plane sold by a sanctioned Iranian airline to a Venezuelan firm, violating export control laws.

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Israel Reveals Secret Iranian Gold Smuggling Trade to Finance Hezbollah

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant recently issued an order to uncover a gold smuggling operation between Iran and Venezuela that is funding Lebanon’s Hezbollah terror activity, bypassing sanctions. In a signed document, the Minister revealed that dozens of kilograms of gold were smuggled on an Iranian Mahan Air flight, which…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tel Aviv Accuses Tehran of 'Smuggling' Weapons, Experts to Proxies Using Civilian Airline

An Israeli report published Thursday claimed that it uncovered a new means used by Iran to smuggle weapons into Syria and Lebanon, through the private airline Mahan Air. The report said that this discovery came within the framework of Israel’s campaign to thwart the new Iranian smuggling route through Beirut,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Bomb threat made on Iran-China plane but pilot refuses to land

Pilot refused two opportunities to divert and land, says Indian Air Force

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IAF scrambles fighter jets after bomb scare on Iranian airlines bound for China over Indian airspace

The issue was resolved after a message from Tehran to ‘disregard the bomb scare’

The Hindu

Argentina orders seizure of Venezuelan plane at U.S. request

Argentina on Thursday ordered the seizure of a Venezuelan plane held in Buenos Aires since June at the request of the United States, amid suspicions the aircraft of Iranian origin could have ties to terrorism, local media reported.

Reuters

US seeks possession of Venezuelan 747 grounded in Argentina

The U.S. Justice Department says it is seeking possession of a Venezuelan cargo jet that has been grounded in Argentina since early June because it was previously owned by an Iranian airline that allegedly has ties to terror groups

The Independent UK

Argentina, Paraguay probe grounded 747 for terrorism ties

Authorities in Argentina and Paraguay are trying to shine light on the jumbo-jet sized mystery surrounding a cargo plane with Iranian and Venezuelan crew that has been grounded outside Buenos Aires more than two weeks

The Independent UK

Israel 'Concerned' over Iran Airlines 'Activities' in LatAm

The Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires said Thursday it was "concerned" over the activities in Latin America of two Iranian airlines and hailed Argentina's grounding last week of a plane with Iranian crew. The Boeing 747 cargo plane, reportedly carrying car parts, has been held at an Argentine airport since…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iranian State Media Say Argentine Authorities Impound Mahan Air Aircraft

Iranian state media said on Sunday that Argentinian authorities have impounded a Boeing 747 plane whose original owner, Iran's Mahan Air, was sold to a Venezuelan airline a year ago. There was no official confirmation of the reports. "The ownership of the aircraft was transferred a year ago and it…

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