Report: Secret Iranian gun-smuggling air routes to Hezbollah exposed
Two flights carried out by Qeshm Fars Air took unusual routs to get to
Lebanon, arousing concern they were used to deliver weapons to
Hezbollah.
By MAARIV
Citing western intelligence sources, Fox News revealed that they were
able to unmask the methods Iran is using to deliver weapons into
Lebanon.
The first flight involved a Boeing 747 and took place on July 9,
departing from a military airbase in Tehran to Beirut, but not before
stopping in Damascus for a layover.
The flight route went over northern Lebanon and is not one that is usually used.
“The Iranians are trying to come up with new ways and routes to smuggle
weapons from Iran to its allies in the Middle East", reported Fox News
citing an anonymous regional intelligence expert,"testing and defying
the West’s abilities to track them down.”
The US, Israel and other Western nations have ample evidence that Iran
is operating weapons factories in Yemen, Syria and Lebanon.
The second flight took place on August 2 and flew from Tehran through Syrian airspace to Beirut.
Qeshm Fars Air is regarded as one of the aviation companies used by the
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to smuggle arms. Three IRGC
members currently serve on the board of the airline company.
A report by Reuters over the weekend stated that Iran had already
transferred ballistic missiles to Shi’ite proxies in Iraq over the
course of several months and that it is developing the capacity to build
more there.
The missiles include the Fateh-110, Zolfaqar and Zelzal types, which
have ranges of 200-700 km., allowing them to be able to threaten both
Saudi Arabia and Israel.
A senior official in the IRGC stated that "We have bases in many places, and Iraq is one of them."
He further stated that should the US decide to strike within Iran, these
bases outside the country are expected to allow Iran to strike back.
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