Abedzadeh said that no precise timeline could be given for the implementation of the deal before an authorisation is issued by the U.S. Treasury Department.
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“We have been engaged in discussions with Iranian airlines approved by the USG (US government) about potential purchases of Boeing commercial passenger airplanes and services”, the company said in an email to AFP.
In their letter to Boeing Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg, the lawmakers asked for “clarification” of the current state of negotiations.
Shurat Hadin – Israel Law Center on Thursday told USA aerospace giant Boeing that it will place liens on any of its airplanes slated for Iran if it goes through with an announced sale.
“American companies should not be complicit in weaponizing” Iran, Representatives Jeb Hensarling and Peter Roskam were reported to have said in a letter to Boeing released on Friday.
In April, Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency quoted Maqsoud Asadi Samani, the secretary of the Society of Iranian Airlines, as saying Boeing officials offered 737, 777 and 787 model aircraft on a trip to Tehran. Many of Iran’s ageing civil aviation fleet are in desperate need of replacement.
The center claims to be representing hundreds of families of alleged victims of terrorism, who have been awarded billions of dollars in damages from frozen Iranian assets.
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.
The deal was conditional on USA export licenses because of the quantity of U.S.-built parts.
Chicago-based Boeing declined to discuss details of the talks, but did not deny the figures reportedly offered by Ali Abedzadeh, the head of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization.
The agreement terminated all nuclear-related sanctions imposed on Iran.
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After reaching a nuclear agreement with world powers previous year, Iran inked a 118-plane deal with Airbus.
