Argentina has seized a Boeing 747 owned by <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/iran/2021/11/21/iranian-private-airline-mahan-air-foils-cyber-attack/" target="_blank">Iran's Mahan Air</a> and leased it to a Venezuelan state-owned airline at Buenos Aires airport, Iranian state-controlled media reported on Sunday. There was no official confirmation of the reports, published by state television and the semi-official ISNA news agency. Officials for Mahan Airlines told Iranian state media outlets that the plane had been leased to a Venezuelan company for a year. Aviacionline, a specialised aviation media outlet based in Argentina, said a Boeing 747-300M with the registration of YV3531 took off from Queretaro in Mexico late on June 5 and was initially bound for Buenos Aires’ Ezeiza Airport. The plane landed at Cordoba airport at noon on June 6 due to bad weather. Mahan Air was <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/the-americas/us-blacklists-chinese-company-for-dealings-with-iran-s-mahan-air-1.1021814" target="_blank">designated by the US in 2011</a> for “providing financial, material and technological support to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force”. The US has claimed Iran has used Mahan Air for shipments to Venezuela to boost energy production for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government. Mr Maduro is <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/iran/2022/06/11/iran-and-venezuela-sign-20-year-co-operation-agreement/" target="_blank">currently visiting Iran, where he signed a 20-year co-operation</a> deal on Saturday.