H.R. 1489 directs the President to decide whether to impose additional U.S. sanctions on Iran's state-owned airport operator, the Iran Airports Company, which supports Mahan Air—an Iranian airline already designated as a terrorist entity by the U.S. government since 2011. According to the bill, Mahan Air has been used to transport weapons, funds, and military fighters for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, while simultaneously operating commercial passenger flights to Europe, the Middle East, and Asia using the same aircraft. The President must make a determination within 90 days of the bill's enactment on whether to sanction the Iran Airports Company under executive authority that targets terrorism supporters, with the option to submit findings in both unclassified and classified forms to Congress. The legislation essentially seeks to expand the existing sanctions regime by potentially targeting the infrastructure that enables Mahan Air's operations.
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