“Passengers queued for a Mahan Air flight from Shanghai to Tehran on Wednesday as Iranian services to China continued despite expanded US sanctions targeting Iran’s aviation sector.
Footage from Terminal 2 of Shanghai Pudong International Airport shows long queues at Mahan Air check-in counters, with departure screens listing flight W5076 to Tehran at 23:00 local time.
The flight remained scheduled as new US restrictions on Iranian airlines too…
BUSINESS AS USUAL – Shanghai passengers queue for Tehran flight as Mahan Air continues China operations despite US sanctions
September 23, 2026