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Mystery solved? US-registered plane in Iran owned by Ghana firm

The US-registered plane seen at an Iranian airport this week is owned and operated by a Ghana-based engineering firm and carried no Americans.
Cows graze outside the Sun Valley airport, where dozens of private and corporate jets are parked, in Hailey, Idaho July 8, 2014. The Allen and Co. media conference begins in Sun Valley on July 9. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT ANIMALS BUSINESS) - RTR3XQ41

The mystery of a US-registered plane spotted at a Tehran airport this week and reported on by the New York Times has apparently been solved.

The US-registered Bombardier corporate jet, carrying the registration number N604EP, is owned and operated by a Ghana-based engineering firm, an aviation expert said Friday. The visitors it bought to Iran last week were senior Ghanaian officials, an Iranian foreign ministry spokeswoman said Friday.

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