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Washington's request.Argentina's courts concluded that the 11 Venezuelans and one Iranian on board the cargo jet may legally depart the
country.Officials have urged the investigation's judge, Federico Villena, to rule on the fate of the remaining seven crew members within the
next 10 days.According to local media, Villena was directed to expedite and complete "all pending proceedings, the characterization of the
procedural situation, and the limits imposed on individuals and things."This plane, which belonged to Iran's Mahan Air company until a year
ago and was sold to the Venezuelans entered Argentina from Mexico on June 6 with 14 Venezuelan and five Iranian crew members
However, two days later, Uruguay refused to allow it to enter the country for emergency refueling and closed its airspace to the Venezuelan
The plane was forced to return to Argentina, where it has been taken hostage until now.Iran and Venezuela have made extensive diplomatic and
judicial efforts for the release of their citizens, asking the Argentine government to facilitate the release of their citizens and not to
as the claimants change their accusations on a daily basis
First, they stated that the plane transmitter was switched off.The claim was rejected by the Argentine judge
The trend of accusations then continued with the MPs accusing the pilot, who is a veteran Iranian captain training the Venezuelan pilots of
had over 1000 flights over the past 40 years, and during his career as a pilot, he flew 6 times to Damascus, all flights being commercial
contract signed between Tehran and Caracas, Iranian pilots were to undertake the training of Venezuelan pilots and technical teams.Based on
the contract, pilot Gholamreza Ghasemi along with another person are the only master pilots who had the license and knowledge of the
aircraft to transfer knowledge and provide training, according to informed sources
Iran.Delegacion de Asociaciones Israelitas Argentinas (DAIA) as well as other Israeli institutions in Argentina have repeatedly instructed
the prosecutor to wait until Tel Aviv, London and the FBI conduct their evaluation reports
They have also pushed for comments from the Uruguay security ministry, which is an unprecedented action in similar cases
forces strangely attacked the residence of the Iranian crew and seized all their electronic equipment and told them that they do not have
declared that a mistake has been made, but since the judiciary is independent, the government cannot interfere in the case.In response to
the incident, the president of Venezuela emphasized that the United States has kidnapped an Iranian pilot as well as four crew members in
Argentina and violated all ICAO rules.The trend of Israeli lobby interference in the Argentinian judicial process is worrisome
If not resolved, this could lead to similar incidents in other countries
