Iran delivery of aircraft

Despite sanctions by United States and the EU which does not allow the selling of aircraft to Iran, at October 2 2025 three Airbus A320’s were flown on delivery from an Oman airport to Iran. The three aircraft belonged to a company called Lion Alliance Europe LP. This is a fake company. The website has…

This is a developing story On September 4, an Boeing 737-400 aircraft, registered as either T7-HRA, is believed to have been secretly delivered to an Iranian airline. The jet departed Muscat, Oman, and once it entered Iranian airspace, its transponder signal disappeared. The aircraft carried a San Marino registration. In other cases flags of convenience…

On July 15, 2025 five Boeing 777-200 aircraft flew from Siem Reap in Cambodja to various airports in Iran. Despite international sanction Iran once again was able to acquire Boeing aircraft. An overview of many aircraft which were smuggled into Iran can be found here. Update December 9, 2025: The first Boeing 777-200 for Mahan…

A MD-87 registered D6-HRZ diverted to Tehran on May 21 while on a flight from Istanbul to Muscat. This is very likely not a diversion but a planned delivery of an aircraft to an Iranian airline. The aircraft, former P4-AUA left Basel for Istanbul at May 20, 2025. P4-AUA was owned by Africa Union Aviation….

At April 17 2025 Iran Air added two A330’s to its fleet despite sanctions. EP-IJC is former B-LNK and VP-CLN and EP-IJD/VP-CLI is former B-LNL. VP-CLI could be tracked by Flightradar. VP-CLN not. Both aircraft were stored at Haikou airport in China for around 1 year. At April 2 2025 the aircraft flew to Muscat…

At November 29, 2024 three RJ85s were flown from Harare to Iran. This happened despite sanctions with prohibit the delivery of aircraft to Iran. Involved were: 9U-BAE (2314 hex 601003) , 9U-BAF (2369 hex 601005 ) and 9U-BG (2388, ex ZS-TCO hex 601007). The route of the aircraft was HRE-NBO-BSA-Muscat-Kabul and possibly into Iran. These…

Iranian airlines cannot purchase western built aircraft as a result of sanctions. Also spare parts are not allowed to be sold to Iran. However Iranian airlines frequently add additional Airbus and Boeing aircraft to their fleet. Via proxy airlines and other tricks aircraft are flown to Iran. See this post of an overview of previous…

Mahan Air added a RJ85 to its fleet. EP-MEI was previously operated by Southafrican airline AirLink. The aircraft is one of three which were stored at Hyderabad in India. At December 21, 2023 these three were ferried via Iran to Kabul. The intention of the flights to Kabul were probably to make it look like…

Iranian airlines have found several ways to add Boeing and Airbus aircraft to their fleet despite sanctions. Former Siam Air Boeing 737-300 HS-BRU flew on May 19 from Bangkok to Tabriz International airport. The aircraft was stored at Bangkok since 1 Jul 2017. The new registration is said to be EP-TAI. Former Siam Air Boeing…