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US, Europe at odds over Revolutionary Guard-backed airline


WASHINGTON (AP) — An Iranian airline, backed by the country’s notorious Revolutionary Guard and used to ferry weapons and fighters to support Syria’s government, has acquired rights to fly commercial routes in more than a dozen European and Asian countries in spite of U.S. terror-related sanctions.
The Iranian nuclear agreement, signed by six world powers last year, ended some of the sanctions that had punished and isolated Iran for its nuclear program. But sanctions for ballistic missile research, terrorism, human rights violations and money laundering remain in place.
Mahan Air, the country’s second-largest carrier, is under terror-related sanctions. The U.S. has accused …read more

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