US Republicans Pressing Boeing Not to Sell Aircraft to Iran
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A trio of US Republican lawmakers have penned a letter to the Boeing Company, mounting pressure on the flag carrier to hold back from selling aircraft to Iran following a lasting nuclear deal between Tehran and six world powers.
Accusing Iran of sponsoring terrorism, the Illinois Republicans wrote to Boeing’s Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg and claimed that such commercial transactions would effectively subsidize Iran, The Hill reported on Tuesday.
The letter is signed by Reps. Peter Roskam, Robert Dold and Randy Hultgren.
Boeing said in April that it began preliminary discussions in Tehran with Iranian airlines about potentially selling its planes and aircraft services.
Tehran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany) on July 14, 2015 reached a conclusion over the text of a comprehensive 159-page deal on Tehran’s nuclear program and started implementing it on January 16.
The comprehensive nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), has terminated all the nuclear-related sanctions imposed on Iran.
