Iran went around the sanctions, smuggling the Boeing 777. The company trading in nuts helped

The Iranian mahan Air airline bought five Boeing 777, using a Madagascar -based company to work around, which so far dealt with the export of local spices, dried grain and peanuts, among others.

According to the industry “Journal de L'Aviation”, the aircraft imported by Tehran have a long and complicated history. 20 years ago, Singapore Airlines bought them from the manufacturer, but just before Pandemia, these lines withdrew them from operation and passed on to the now defunct Thai company Nokscoot. Later, they appeared in the registers of the famous cemetery of aircraft in Alice Springs, Australia to get to the United States and later to China. Until at the beginning of 2025, five wide -body aircraft were registered in Madagascar with a 5R prefix marking this country. Finally, from Madagascar, Cambodia went to Iran in mid -July. Importantly, still with the International Identification Code assigned to the African island.

The Madagascar Civil Aviation Office confirmed that all five aircraft were temporarily registered in Madagascar on January 17, 2025, on the basis of a three -month permit issued to Udzaan Aviation. An unknown aviation industry. The Madagascar Office stated, however, that these permits expired on April 12, 2025, which means that all flights carried out after this date of 5R registration were illegal.

The Madagascar government stated that flights from Cambodia to Iran were held using forged Madagascar registration certificates, whose validity was illegally extended until July 12, 2025. The authorities in Antananaryva announced at the end of the last week the initiation of court proceedings against Udzaan Aviation for falsifying documents.

The organization of civil aviation Iran (Cao.iRi) confirmed a few days ago that five aircraft came to the country and will soon be entered in the Iranian register; She added that the transaction was legal, but carried out “our unique way.”

Since in 2018, during the first presidency of Donald Trump, his administration expanded the sanctions against Tehran, Iranian carriers, including Mahan Air, cannot buy aircraft from producers such as Boeing and Airbus or from most world leasing companies. Therefore, to refresh its heavily worn fleet, Iran uses various methods of celebrating sanctions and purchasing aircraft from the secondary market, resorting to smuggling.

Tadeusz Brzozowski (PAP)

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