The statement of Boeing’s states that the talks that led to the memorandum of understanding were held under the proper and legal authorizations from government of USA, following an aim that Iran had met its commitments under the last summer nuclear accord.
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If the Boeing-Iran Air agreement goes through, the first plane could arrive in Iran in October. U.S. Representative Rick Larsen, a Washington state Democrat who has Boeing’s biggest factory in his district, pledged to keep an eye on the deal’s ramifications. The carrier will obtain the planes through a lease purchase, pending clearance from the USA and Iran.
Iran’s national carrier, Iran Air, says it wants to buy new generations of the Boeing 737, as well as the 300ER and 900 version of Boeing 777.
It’s been a rumor for months, but Tuesday Boeing has officially confirmed that it has signed a deal to sell jets to Iran.
On Tuesday, U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby said Boeing’s deal with Iran is the kind of permissible business activity as foreseen in the nuclear agreement, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
It’s unclear how much the agreement with Iran Air would be worth, though an Iranian official earlier suggested the total Boeing sale to the Islamic Republic could be valued at $25 billion.
The country intends to buy 100 jetliners from Boeing, Ali Abedzadeh, director of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization, said in a newspaper interview earlier this week.
The tentative agreement marks Boeing’s first sale of aircraft to Iran since the country’s Islamic Revolution in 1979.
“Suppose we modernize our air fleet”. Okay, it’s a very important and necessary move.
In February 2016, Boeing was granted approval from the USA government to explore resuming sales to Iran after U.S. sanctions were partially lifted in January. Khamenei said in a speech last week.
That agreement is also still pending permission from the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, since more than 10% of Airbus components are of American origin.
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With the purchase, Iran’s civil aviation authority is planning to modernise its fleet by including between 400 and 500 aircraft over the next ten years.
