Amid a global coronavirus pandemic, two Iranian airlines sanctioned by the United States for “secretly ferrying operatives, weapons, and funds” to Syria have flown dozens of times between China, Iran, and some of Europe’s biggest cities. Mahan Air and Iran Air have for too long escaped scrutiny from European lawmakers eager to improve ties with the regime in Tehran. Permanently denying Mahan and Iran Air landing rights would deprive their regime minders of terror funds, and cease ferrying passengers to and from the Middle East’s coronavirus hub.
The Islamic Republic of Iran is at the epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic. Some 97,000 people, including members of the regime’s senior leadership, have tested positive. According to a report from Germany’s Die Welt, Tehran’s leaders have been fabricating their official coronavirus death toll, with Western security sources and experts believing the real number is at least 4 times the reported number.
