Lebanese Health Minister Hamad Hassan said on behalf of Iranian passengers in Mahan Air flight, Lebanon will file a complaint at the international bodies against the US jet fighters' hostile act.
In response to harassment of an Iranian passenger plane by American fighter jets, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said that any crime by the US will undoubtedly accelerate the humiliating destruction of the Zionist regime.
The Chairman of the Association of Iranian Exporters of Technical and Engineering Services told ILNA that "As far as I know, negotiations are underway between Iran and Venezuela, but so far nothing has been done."
One of Mahan Air sales managers in China Siqin Shen told ILNA news agency that Iran is safe for tourists to visit and Iranians are some of the friendliest and fun-loving people.
"We have not received any documented proof in this regard and we do not confirm such reports," Reza Jafarzadeh, a CAO spokesman, told ISNA on Sunday.
The United States on Friday imposed sanctions against a Thai aviation company that it said was acting on behalf of Iran’s Mahan Air, which it accused of ferrying troops and supplies into Syria in support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad; Reuters reported.
Mahan travel and tourism, based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, has been subjected to secondary sanctions under Iranian financial sanctions, according to US treasury department's office of foreign assets control (OFAC).
Iran Aviation Organization granted Mahan Air the license for establishing new flights from Shiraz to Dubai, said director general of Fars Province Airports.
