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The Qeshm Fars Air is managed by IRGC member Hamidreza Pahlavani; Head of Iranian Civil Aviation Organization;
The Qeshm Fars Air, one of the IRGC-controlled passenger flights and the Quds Force, is using this company to smuggle weapons. This company stopped its flights in 2013 due to mismanagement and relaunched in March 2017;
Fars Air Qeshm is an Iranian airline based in Qeshm. It temporarily ceased operations in 2013 due to bad management and financial problems. Operations were restarted with new management team in March 2017 based in Tehran with two Boeing 747-281F Combi (Passenger / cargo) aircraft;
Hamidreza Pahlavani contacted ETS Verification from Germany which has been assisting Mahan Air in several fields. Notably, they have been helping Mahan pass the necessary tests in order to fly to Iraq. Iraq is critical for Mahan as it is significant for the IRGC-QF, with many QF funded organizations in Iraq who require a constant flow of funds and equipment;
Qeshm Fars Air, which originally operated as a commercial airline between 2006 and 2013, restarted operations in 2017, and its fleet of two B747 aircraft have operated regular cargo flights to Damascus, delivering cargo, including weapons shipments, on behalf of the IRGC-QF. Mahan Air employees fill Qeshm Fars Air management positions, and Mahan Air provides technical and operational support for Qeshm Fars Air, facilitating the airline’s illicit operations. The delivery of lethal materiel by Qeshm Fars Air enables Iran’s military support for the Assad regime, prolonging the brutal conflict and the suffering of millions of Syrians, and has resulted in the displacement of millions across the region;
Industry:
Aviation Industry
Also Known As:
Hamid reza Pahlavani
Country:
Iran
E-mail:
hamidreza.pahlavani@mahan.aero
Reason for the color:
» IRGC-QF airline, Mahan Air, in their mission to smuggle Iranian terrorists around the world;
» Iran’s regime continuing arms smuggling to Lebanon;