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Italy to ban flights by Iran’s Mahan Air from mid-December

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epa04038337 A photo made available 23 January 2014 shows an Iranian 'Mahan Air' plane at the Khalij-Fars airport in the southern port of Assalouyeh, southern Iran, 22 January 2014. After the implementation of the 24 November 2014 nuclear agreement with the world powers, economic sanctions against Iran were partially lifted, including the delivery of spare parts for the country's obsolete civil air fleet. Under the deal reached in Geneva, Switzerland, in November 2013 with six world powers, the United States and European Union many sanctions has been suspended, apart from embargoes on Iranian crude oil exports and financial transactions which are still in place. EPA/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH

Italy is set to ban flights by Iran’s Mahan Air, an Iranian industry official said, as the United States seeks action against the airline accused by the West of transporting military equipment and personnel to Middle East war zones.

Germany and France have both already banned flights by the airline, and Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio told U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in early October that Rome was set to make a decision on whether to follow suit.

Italy’s air authority ENAC said in a statement that the ban on Mahan’s flights to Rome and Milan would take effect in mid-December.

The Association of Iranian Airlines (AIA) confirmed the news of the ban.

Via Reuters

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