Completing the US government plane hijacking puzzle from Venezuela

According to the international group of Fars news agency, the media reported on Monday night Tehran time that the US government has seized a “Boeing-477″ airplane that Iran had sold to Venezuela. Meanwhile, the Mahan company has denied any connection with this plane. Associated Press” American officials claim that this plane, which was previously sold by a sanctioned Iranian airline to a Venezuelan state-owned company, is a violation of American export control laws.

The US Department of Justice announced on Monday that this plane has reached Florida and will shoot it down.

According to this report, The cargo plane belonging to Venezuela Airlines was sold to Venezuela by Mahan Airlines a year before it was confiscated and had previously landed in Argentina with 19 Iranian and Venezuelan crew members.

This plane was confiscated by Argentina in June 2022 and the American authorities Several weeks later, they took over it. Argentina transferred this plane to the United States on Sunday.

Mahan Air Company has announced that it has nothing to do with this plane and Venezuela has demanded that Argentina release it.

Venezuela’s government released a statement on Monday condemning Argentina for its role in the seized plane and this action described as “theft”.

The statement of the Venezuelan government states: “This violation is another consequence of the unilateral coercive measures of the United States government, which the country’s sovereignty threatens and violates the basic principles of the United Nations Charter and international laws.”

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