Argentine authorities impound Venezuelan aircraft, Iranian state media say

Argentinian authorities have impounded a plane whose original owner, Iran's Mahan Air, was sold to a Venezuelan airline a year ago, Iranian state media has said

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12 June, 2022

Mahan Air has been under US sanctions since 2011 [Getty]

Iranian state media said on Sunday that Argentinian authorities have impounded a Boeing 747 plane whose original owner, Iran's , 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 was sold to a Venezuelan company," Mahan's spokesperson Amir Hossein Zolanvari told the official news agency IRNA. Zolanvari did not name the Venezuelan company.

It was not immediately clear if the plane was on a list of Iranian aircraft under US sanctions. Mahan Air has been under US sanctions since 2011 for its support for Iran’s elite .

Iran and Venezuela, which are both under US sanctions, have close ties. The two countries on Saturday .

(Reuters)