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US targets Iran's tourism; airlines halt service
[PRESSTV] The US government says it has sanctioned a Malaysia-based tourism agent for Iranian private airline Mahan Air which is already under American sanctions.The blockade comes as the US prepares to unleash "the strongest sanctions in history" on Iran after President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... decided to withdraw Washington from a landmark nuclear deal with the Islamic Theocratic Republic. "As a result of today’s action, all property and interests in property of Mahan Travel and Tourism Sdn Bhd that are or come within US jurisdiction are blocked," the US Treasury Department said in a statement on Monday. The first group of unilateral US sanctions on Iran’s automotive sector, gold trade, and other industries will "snap back" on August 4. Further sanctions on oil and transactions with the Central Bank of Iran will come into effect November 6. Trump has given companies 180 days to wind down their businesses in Iran or have their trade severed with the US. Dutch airline KLM said on Saturday it had decided to suspend its direct flights to Tehran "for commercial reasons." "As a result of the negative results and financial outlook for the Tehran operation, the last flight will take off from Amsterdam on 22 September 2018 and land at Schiphol on 23 September," it said in a short statement on its website. KLM resumed flights to Tehran in 2016 when the nuclear agreement signed between Iran and world countries came into effect. The Dutch airline had ceased its Iran operations in 2013 after the West intensified sanctions on the Islamic Theocratic Republic. Austrian Airlines also announced on Friday that it will stop service to the Iranian cities of Isfahan and Shiraz, starting in September, but will continue its flights to Tehran. "The underlying reason for these changes in the route network is a realignment of the airline’s portfolio," a statement said on the official website of Austrian Airlines which is owned by the German airline company Lufthansa. Austrian Airlines announced its expansion of flights to Shiraz and Isfahan in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Posted by: Fred 2018-07-11 |
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