U.S. Hits Iran Airline with Sanctions after Murder Plot

October 13, 2011

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Agence France-Presse

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  • United States

The U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Iran's Mahan Air, charging that it had flown members of Iran's Qods Force and Hezbollah around the Middle East. Under the sanctions, Mahan's assets in the United States are frozen and U.S. firms are barred from doing business with it.