Madagascar Probe Of Boeing 777s Smuggled Into Iran Leads To Arrests

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Maxim Pyadushkin
August 29, 2025

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An anti-corruption unit in Madagascar says it has detained 22 people in connection with the smuggling of five Boeing 777-200s that were flown into Iran in July. Iranian airlines are unable to buy or lease airliners through regular channels because of Western sanctions placed on the regime in Tehran…

Maxim Pyadushkin

In addition to writing for Aviation Week Network, Maxim holds a key position at Russia’s Air Transport Observer magazine. In the past he was in charge of several ATO’s sister aerospace publications and earlier worked for Moscow-based CAST defense think-tank.

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