IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 862 
Urging members of the European Union and North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
tion 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 Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in 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 Com-
merce’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 loi-
tering 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, Bar-
celona, 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 air-
lines are endangering stakeholders by risking the intro-
duction of prohibited materials used in warfare or ter-
rorist 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 re-
gime’s repression; Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) advises members of the European Union 
(EU) and North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
(NATO) to consider the risks of doing business with 
companies that facilitate Iran’s global sponsorship of 
terrorism; 
(2) reminds airports across the international 
community of sanctions imposed by the United 
States against Mahan Air, Iran Air, Saha Airlines, 
and Qeshm Air, which could be applied to individ-
uals or entities that provide material support to 
sanctioned entities; 
(3) thanks the Council of the EU for Imple-
menting Regulation 2023/2196 concerning restric-
tive measures against Iran, including Qeshm Air; 
(4) urges the Council of the EU, member gov-
ernments of the EU and member states of NATO to 
deny airport access and apply sanctions with respect 
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to Mahan Air, Iran Air, Saha Airlines, and Qeshm 
Fars Air; and 
(5) requests the Department of State, the De-
partment of the Treasury, the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration, and the Office of Foreign Assets Con-
trol of the Department of the Treasury to conduct 
outreach to EU member governments and airports 
within EU member states with informational brief-
ings on the dangers of doing business with such 
sanctioned airlines. 
Æ 
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