The ayatollah regime is inventing increasingly sophisticated ways to circumvent international sanctions: two Airbus A340 passenger aircraft, leased by the Gambian company Macka Invest, were supposed to fly from Lithuania to South Asia in February of this year, but before reaching their destination, they ended up in Iran.
Initially, information about the theft of the planes was published by the Lithuanian business publication Verslo Zinios: according to the publication, two Airbus A340 aircraft worth approximately $300 million, without passengers, were supposed to fly from Lithuania to Sri Lanka, but they disappeared halfway.
The pilots of these planes were foreign citizens who, apparently, collaborated with the Iranian army for a very large reward. The planes “disappeared” on the way to their destination: at the entrance to Iranian airspace, the transporters reporting the location of the aircraft were turned off.
According to existing assumptions, one plane landed at Mehrabad airport in Tehran, the second at Konarak airport in Chabahar. Thus, the Iranian airline Mahan Air, bypassing international sanctions prohibiting the supply of aircraft and components to Iran, received at its disposal two Airbus A340 passenger airliners.
A third plane was also planned to be sent, but Siauliai Airport Director Aurelia Cuezada said the plane’s departure was canceled out of fear that it would also end up in Iran.
It is noted that this is not the first case of hijacking of passenger planes in Iran: about a year and a half ago, four passenger planes of the same type – Airbus A340 – disappeared on the way from South Africa to Uzbekistan and, according to the same scenario, “disappeared” over Iran. It is believed that they were “absorbed” by the Iranian airline Mahan Air.