Fernández says that with the Venezuelan plane held in Argentina, the opposition wants to show “something that is not”

The Argentine president, Alberto Fernández, reiterated this Saturday that there is no “no irregularity” in relation to the plane with Iranian and Venezuelan crew that is immobilized in Argentina, and accused the opposition of wanting to show “something that is not” by linking it to terrorism.

“They wanted to show something that is not, some dark thing, some dark government movement (…). But hey, how is the oppositiontried to take advantage of it.” said Fernandez to Radio 10.

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According to the president, the problem with the device is limited to the difficulties in refueling due to the US sanctions that weigh on Venezuela and Iran, the current and former owner of the aircraft.

“A came a airplane Venezuelan with which there was no irregularity. On board it were five Iranian people, with respect to whom, as far as we know, there is no type of restriction. Nor with respect to Venezuelans “declared Fernandez.

“Yes, there is a problem with the gasoline load, because the sanctions imposed by the United States can affect those who give gasoline to that airplane. It’s an issue that needs to be resolved.” he added.

Coming from Mexico, the Boeing 747 arrived at Argentina on June 6 with a shipment of auto parts. Without being able to stock up on gasoline in Buenos Aires, she tried to travel to Uruguay on June 8, but the Uruguayan authorities denied her entry and she had to return to the Ezeiza airport.

Currently, he is under a judicial investigation, as is his crew made up of 14 Venezuelans and five Iranians, who are prohibited from leaving the country.

The device belongs to the Emtrasur company, a subsidiary of the Venezuelan company Conviasa. It was bought a year ago from the Iranian airline Mahan Air.

In the first reports, the Argentine Minister of Security, Aníbal Fernandezhad said that a crew member had the “namesake status” of a member of Al Quds, the elite force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, classified as a terrorist organization by the United States.

But on Friday, the head of the Paraguayan intelligence service, Esteban Aquino, affirmed that Gholamreza Ghasemi was not named after someone linked to that group, but was that person, and that for this reason they had alerted the countries of the region.

Argentina It considers the presence of Iranian travelers to be sensitive, due to the red capture alerts that apply to former rulers of that country for the attack on the AMIA Jewish center in 1994, which left 85 dead and some 300 injured.

After knowing the retention of the airplaneIran attributed it to “propaganda” and “psychological operations”.

Venezuela, meanwhile, accused Uruguay of having put the life of the crew at “serious risk” by preventing the entry of the device to refuel.

Source: Elcomercio

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