US Boeing to Sell Iran 100 Airliners

The U.S.-based giant aviation corporation Boeing has reached an agreement with Iran to sell the country 100 passenger planes, Iran’s aviation authority announced Sunday. The deal is one of three separate agreements made between Iran and Western plane makers for a total of around 200 aircraft since Washington lifted economic sanctions on the country in January. "We have 250 planes in the country, 230 need to be replaced," said Ali Abedzadeh, the head of Iran's civil...

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