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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Maziar Motamedi

US seizes plane that Iran sold to Venezuela

A Venezuelan-owned Boeing 747, operated by Venezuela's state-owned Emtrasur cargo line [AP]

Tehran, Iran – The United States has seized a Boeing 747 cargo plane that Iran sold to a Venezuelan state airline, drawing condemnation from Tehran.

The US Department of Justice announced late on Monday that it had taken custody of the aircraft after Argentina grounded it 18 months ago. Washington says that the sale of the plane to Venezuela in 2022 by Iran’s Mahan Air violated its sanctions on Tehran.

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