Key facts
- A Mahan Air flight from Tehran landed in Guangzhou, China, on Wednesday.
- US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned that companies providing landing services to Iranian planes would be removed from the dollar system.
- The US threatened to "shut down" Tehran's carriers and punish those doing business with them.
- The flight was not listed on the official website of Guangzhou Baiyun Airport.
A Mahan Air flight from Tehran landed in China's Guangzhou on Wednesday, defying a US threat to "shut down" Iranian airlines and punish companies that do business with them. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated on Monday that Washington would cut Iranian airlines off from international operations, warning that any countries providing "landing services" to Iranian planes would be "knocked out of the dollar system." The sanctions are intended to squeeze Iran's economy as part of President Donald Trump's "Operation Economic Outcast." The flight was not listed on the official website of Guangzhou Baiyun Airport. Iran's civil aviation sector has been significantly impacted by decades of US sanctions.