Overview
- Iranian authorities say a U.S. airstrike at Mashhad International Airport damaged a Mahan Air plane assigned to a humanitarian run to India.
- The aircraft, which was due in New Delhi on April 1, was to pick up medicines and other medical supplies for patients in Iran.
- Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization called the reported attack a war crime and urged an international investigation under civil aviation and humanitarian law.
- The United States has not confirmed the strike and reporters have not independently verified the extent of damage or any casualties.
- The claim adds to concern for civilian flights in the conflict zone, with Mahan Air under U.S. sanctions over alleged IRGC links and India having sent an earlier aid shipment on March 18.