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Official: Iranian Passenger Planes Still Facing Refueling Problem in Europe

13930409000678_PhotoISome European airports still refrain from providing Iranian passenger planes with fuel and refueling services despite the Geneva accord between Iran and the six world powers which called off sanctions on aviation services, a senior aviation official said.
“We are still facing the fuel problem in some European countries,” Deputy Head of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization Mohammad Khodakarami told reporters on Monday.

He noted that some European airports still refrain from supplying fuel to Iranian airlines under some pretexts, and said the move “by certain European airports creates a lot of problems, including increasing the flight times and unnecessary landing and take-offs for Iranian airliners abroad”.

US economic sanctions on Iran have prevented planes from refueling when abroad. Such sanctions, which restrict the export of refined gasoline to Iran, have, in turn, banned supply of fuel to Iran Air at European airports. Deemed “inhumane” by Tehran, these sanctions directly affect travelers and their lives.

Iran claims that as a result of US economic sanctions against the country, it has become more difficult for the national Iranian airline to refuel its planes abroad.

Former Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said the fuel sanctions against Iran Air violate international norms.
The ban has apparently continued in blatant violation of the US and other Western states’ agreement with the suspension of aviation services sanctions against Iran under the Geneva interim nuclear deal.

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