Iran has summoned Argentina's charge d'affaires in Tehran to urge Buenos Aires to lift restrictions on five Iranian crew members whose plane was detained by Argentinian authorities in June.
Alberto Fernández insists cargo plane with Iranian and Venezuelan crew members was grounded due to fuelling difficulties, not because of any alleged link to Iran's elite Quds Force.
Fernandez insists 'no irregularity,' blames US sanctions against Venezuelan oil, a day after Paraguayan intelligence said captain from Iran's Revolutionary Guards was on board
The Paraguayan intelligence's statement contradicts Argentina's - who said there were no Quds Forces affiliated members on the plane that's been grounded in Buenos Aires since Wednesday of last week.
One of the men aboard a plane grounded near Buenos Aires has ties to Iran's Quds Force, Paraguay's intelligence chief said Friday, despite claims by Argentina that no evidence links the case to Tehran's overseas intelligence.Intelligence chief Esteban Aquino told AFP that Captain Gholamreza Ghasemi did not merely share a name with a member of the Force an arm of Iran's Revolutionary Guards which is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States but is in fact the same man.