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'No commercial reason' for Iran's Mahan Air flights to Venezuela

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The United States views private Iranian airline Mahan Air's launch of a direct flight from Tehran to Caracas as a "politically motivated gesture" with "no commercial reason," a White House official said on Monday. Iran joins China and Russia which have flown supplies into Venezuela in support of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Maduro is under pressure to step down and make way for opposition leader Juan Guaido, who is backed by the United States and most Western… (www.yahoo.com) More...

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gdclendenning
gdclendenning 4
I guess when you live in Venezuela, Iran can be considered a vacation...
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srobak
srobak 1
other way around
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yr2012
matt jensen 8
None of Americas business who flies where outside of their country.
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yr2012
matt jensen 3
What I meant to write before I got interrupted was that commie countries support one-another. Only lacking Cuba at this point. Need an edit key here
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williambaker08
william baker 1
Don’t even comment on that highflyer. Lol I remember my catholic 747 post a few months ago
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E1craZ4life
Edward Bardes 1
Russia pretty much creates a monopolized market in the Europe-East Asia sector; almost all of those flights have to overfly Russia.
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n9341c
n9341c 1
Always after me lucky charms.....
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lynx318
lynx318 1
No commercial reason??? Humanitarian aid in, local 'crop' product out...
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Mike101361
Lloyd Sharp 0
Shit hole to Shit hole commerce 😎
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ba151
Bruce Atkinson -1
Russia would never allow US flights to any place within their sphere of influence. Why do we?
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srobak
srobak 0
You do realize that not only does almost every major, american airline fly to multiple destinations within Russia's "sphere of influence", but also to Moscow itself, right?
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ba151
Bruce Atkinson -1
Yes.And have for what 40 yrs? The key here is that they do it for commercial purposes. Why would Russia fly to V where inflation is a million %, people are starving and a socialist is on charge. Humanitarian aid?
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