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| Israeli fighter jets challenge Iran passenger plane - Iran media | Israeli fighter jets challenge Iran passenger plane - Iran media |
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| Israeli fighter jets have come dangerously close to an Iranian passenger plane in Syrian airspace, Iran's Irib state news agency reports. | Israeli fighter jets have come dangerously close to an Iranian passenger plane in Syrian airspace, Iran's Irib state news agency reports. |
| It says the pilot of the Mahan Air aircraft had to quickly change altitude, which resulted in injuries among several passengers. | It says the pilot of the Mahan Air aircraft had to quickly change altitude, which resulted in injuries among several passengers. |
| Video posted by Irib shows one jet from the window of the plane and a passenger who had blood on his face. | Video posted by Irib shows one jet from the window of the plane and a passenger who had blood on his face. |
| Irib later quoted sources as saying the fighter jets could be American. | Irib later quoted sources as saying the fighter jets could be American. |
| The Mahar Air aircraft en route from Tehran to Beirut later landed safely, an airport source in the Lebanese capital told Reuters news agency. | The Mahar Air aircraft en route from Tehran to Beirut later landed safely, an airport source in the Lebanese capital told Reuters news agency. |
| It was not immediately known how many passengers and crew were on board the plane. | It was not immediately known how many passengers and crew were on board the plane. |
| Neither Israel nor the US have commented on the reported incident. | Neither Israel nor the US have commented on the reported incident. |
| Mahan Air is Iran's private airline that was established in 1991. | |
| In 2011, the US imposed sanctions on Mahan Air, accusing it of providing financial, material and technological support to Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards. | |
| In 2019, several European countries banned the company from operating at their airports. |