US: Thai company helped blacklisted Iran airline

The US government on Friday imposed sanctions on a Thailand-based company it says provides services to an Iranian airline that Washington accuses of supporting terrorist activities directed by Iran's government. The US Treasury Department said that My Aviation, headquartered in Bangkok, "provides cargo services to Mahan Air, to include freight booking," as well as passenger booking services. Mahan Air's website lists six weekly flights to the Thai capital, Bangkok. It said the privately owned Iranian airline "has routinely flown fighters and materiel to Syria to prop up the Assad regime, which has contributed to mass atrocities in the country and the displacement of millions of innocent civilians." The sanctions order blocks the Thai company's assets in the United States and generally prohibits US citizens from doing business with it. The order was announced after working hours in Thailand, and no comment was immediately available from My Aviation. <br/>