Iran has reached an agreement with Boeing for the purchase of 100 new airplanes – TASS

TEHRAN, June 19. / Corr. TASS Konstantin Kazeev /. Biggest Iranian airline Iran Air has reached an agreement with the American Boeing for the purchase of 100 new passenger aircraft. This was reported by the Iranian news agency Tasnim.

If the agreement is signed, it will be the second in this year’s multi-billion dollar deal Iran Air. In January this year during the visit of the country’s Hassan Rouhani President in Paris signed a major agreement with Airbus worth $ 27 billion to supply Iran with 118 aircraft, reminds Tasneem.

In the European Union Thursday excluded from the list of unsafe carriers Iranian airlines by allowing them to fly to the countries – EU members. However, as stressed by the Iranian news agency, this resolution does not apply to about half of the Iranian civilian aircraft, which do not meet European safety and environmental requirements. This, in particular, is a Boeing-747 and Fokker-100, which make up 50% of the park Iran Air.

According to the Iranian English-language channel Press-TV, a civilian air fleet of the Islamic Republic has 250 aircraft. However, 90 of them do not fly because of the economy or the lack of spare parts, and 80% of the fleet should be replaced in the next decade due to a significant lifetime.

This week, Iranian officials have already announced a deal with Boeing. However, when it was reported that the project will ultimately depend on the approval of the US authorities. Despite the opposition of a number of representatives of the Republican Party, the head of the US State Department press service of John Kirby said the other day that the US authorities are not going to interfere with the conclusion of the Iran-US companies those contracts that are valid under the terms of the nuclear deal between Tehran and the group ” “.

” five plus one I can not speak specifically of reports of Boeing “, – warned Kirby. Nevertheless, he continued, “we will not stand in the way of permissible within SVPD transactions with Iran and will continue to do its utmost to fulfill its obligations, as long as Iran continues to carry out its”. SVPD (joint comprehensive action plan) was signed last year by Iran, the five permanent UN Security Council members (Russia, China, Britain, France and the US) and Germany in order to resolve the problem of Tehran’s nuclear development.