H/t reader squodgy:
“Hypocrisy finds new levels.”
– Boeing Can Now Sell Aircraft to Iran:
Boeing has received a license to sell jets to Iran, the company announced.
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — US multinational aircraft corporation Boeing has received a license to sell jets to Iran, the company announced in a statement on Wednesday.“We have received that license and remain in talks with Iran Air based on the MOA [Memorandum of Agreement],” Boeing said. “Any final sales agreement would have to adhere to the license we’ve been issued.”In March, the US Department of the Treasury announced that the United States has issued a general license authorizing US persons to enter into contacts to sell commercial passenger aircrafts, parts and services to Iran.
In February, Boeing received a license from the US government to begin talks with Iranian airlines after nuclear-related sanctions against Tehran were lifted in January.
In June, Boeing reached a Memorandum of Agreement with Iran Air on jets sales and applied for the US government license that would allow the company to complete the deal.Iran reached a nuclear agreement with the P5+1 group of countries, among which the United States, to maintain the peaceful nature of its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.
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