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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 862 

Urging members of the European Union and North Atlantic Treaty Organization to refuse airport access to Iranian airlines sanctioned by the United 

States, to encourage these members to apply sanctions against such 

airlines, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 9, 2023 

Mr. SELF submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by 

the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

RESOLUTION 

Urging members of the European Union and North Atlantic 

Treaty Organization to refuse airport access to Iranian 

airlines sanctioned by the United States, to encourage 

these members to apply sanctions against such airlines, 

and for other purposes. 

Whereas Iranian airlines Mahan Air, Iran Air, Saha Airlines, 

and Qeshm Air are all sanctioned by the United States 

for their complicity in Iran’s status as the leading state 

sponsor of terrorism in the world; 

Whereas, on September 19, 2022, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) identified 

three cargo aircraft operated by Mahan Air, Iran Air, 


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and Qeshm Fars Air in violation of General Prohibition 

10 of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) for 

transporting Iranian-made unmanned aerial vehicles 

(UAVs) to Russia; 

Whereas Mahan Air has been on the Denied Persons List 

since March 2008, and a separate BIS-issued Temporary 

Denial Order (TDO) remains in effect; 

Whereas Iran has supplied Russia with Mohajer-6 and 

Shahed variant UAVs, including Shahed-136 UAV loitering munitions, which have been used to destroy United 

States equipment and attack Ukrainians; 

Whereas a Ukrainian official claimed that ‘‘planned terrorist 

acts against Israeli citizens are one of the conditions for 

the transfer of Iranian drones to Russia’’; 

Whereas, on September 27, 2022, Russian military forces 

fired at least ten Iranian Shahad-136 model drones over 

the Ukrainian city of Uman, where tens of thousands of 

Hasidic Jews, including from Israel, make the pilgrimage 

each year for Rosh Hashanah; 

Whereas international flights on Mahan Air, Iran Air, and 

Qeshm Air originating from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini 

International Airport have landed in London, Paris, Barcelona, Cologne, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Milan, Rome, 

Rimini, Belgrade, Munich, Vienna, Gothenborg, Moscow, 

Varna, Istanbul, Izmir, Bodrum, Denizli, Ankara, 

Batumi, Tbilisi, Baku, Yerevan, and other locations 

across Eurasia; 

Whereas airports that allow permit access and usage by these 

sanctioned airlines are possibly supporting companies 

proliferating Iranian weaponry to Russia for the purpose 

of attacking Ukraine; 


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Whereas airports that allow usage for these sanctioned airlines are endangering stakeholders by risking the introduction of prohibited materials used in warfare or terrorist attacks to enter their facilities; and 

Whereas Mahan Air, Iran Air, and Qeshm Air were used by 

Iran to transport weapons and fighters to prop up the 

Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad at the height of the regime’s repression; Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) advises members of the European Union 

3 (EU) and North Atlantic Treaty Organization 

4 (NATO) to consider the risks of doing business with 

5 companies that facilitate Iran’s global sponsorship of 

6 terrorism; 

7 (2) reminds airports across the international 

8 community of sanctions imposed by the United 

9 States against Mahan Air, Iran Air, Saha Airlines, 

10 and Qeshm Air, which could be applied to individ11 uals or entities that provide material support to 

12 sanctioned entities; 

13 (3) thanks the Council of the EU for Imple14 menting Regulation 2023/2196 concerning restric15 tive measures against Iran, including Qeshm Air; 

16 (4) urges the Council of the EU, member gov17 ernments of the EU and member states of NATO to 

18 deny airport access and apply sanctions with respect 


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1 to Mahan Air, Iran Air, Saha Airlines, and Qeshm 

2 Fars Air; and 

3 (5) requests the Department of State, the De4 partment of the Treasury, the Federal Aviation Ad5 ministration, and the Office of Foreign Assets Con6 trol of the Department of the Treasury to conduct 

7 outreach to EU member governments and airports 

8 within EU member states with informational brief9 ings on the dangers of doing business with such 

10 sanctioned airlines. 

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