American officials claim the Boeing 747 aircraft previously belonged to a sanctioned Iranian airline
US authorities have taken custody of a Venezuelan cargo plane, claiming that it previously belonged to an Iranian airline allegedly affiliated with the Quds Force of the the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Caracas has slammed the move, claiming the transfer of its aircraft to the US was done in secret.
According to a statement from the US Department of Justice (DOJ) website on Monday, the American-manufactured jumbo jet was transferred to the US on February 11 by the government of Argentina, which had detained the aircraft back in 2022.
