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Thursday, April 6, 2017

UNDER TRUMP "CRITICAL REVIEW": BOEING SIGNS $3 BILLION DEAL WITH IRAN'S ASEMAN AIRLINES FOR THIRTY TO SIXTY "737 MAX" AIRPLANES

 
BOEING SIGNS $3 BILLION DEAL WITH IRAN'S ASEMAN AIRLINES FOR THIRTY "737 MAX" AIRPLANES
BY ROBERT SPENCER
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
 
Would Boeing have signed a deal to sell commercial jetliners to Nazi Germany?
Note also that the Islamic Republic of Iran is essentially getting these jetliners for free, courtesy of Barack Hussein Obama, who showered billions upon billions on Iran in his last months in office.

“Boeing Co. says it has signed a $3 billion deal with Iran’s Aseman Airlines for 30 737 MAX airplanes,” Associated Press, April 4, 2017:
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Boeing Co. says it has signed a $3 billion deal with Iran’s Aseman Airlines for 30 737 MAX airplanes.
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 Trump administration undertaking “critical review” 
of American airplane sales to Iran
BY ROBERT SPENCER
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
 Good. As I asked yesterday, “would Boeing have signed a deal to sell commercial 
jetliners to Nazi Germany?”
 
“Airplane Sales to Iran Put Under Critical Review By Trump Admin,” by Adam Kredo, Washington Free Beacon, April 5, 2017:
The Trump administration is undertaking a critical review of Obama administration-era policies permitting the sale of American airplanes to Iran, which have been used in the past to ferry weapons to terrorists and conduct other illicit activities, according to U.S. officials familiar with the situation.
U.S. airline manufacturer Boeing announced on Tuesday that it had reached a memorandum of understanding with Iran guaranteeing the sale of up to 60 planes pending review by the Trump administration.
Sources who spoke to the Washington Free Beacon speculated the latest announcement, which was announced earlier in the day by Iran, could be meant to pressure U.S. officials to sign off on the deal.
While the newly installed administration had come under fire earlier this year for seeming to continue Obama-era policies meant to approve these sales, U.S. officials now tell the Free Beacon that all past and future deals are coming under review by the new administration as part of a larger assessment of the landmark Iran nuclear deal.
The review of sales between Boeing and Iran represent a first step to possibly canceling the deals, which have come under criticism by U.S. lawmakers and foreign policy experts who maintain the Islamic Republic will use the American aircraft to boost its air force and illicit weapons trade, according to multiple sources who spoke to the Free Beacon.
“Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control [OFAC] will be reviewing aviation licensing as part of the National Security Council’s ongoing interagency review of the Iran deal,” a Treasury Department official told the Free Beacon.
The move represents a departure from the Obama administration’s policy, which promoted the sale of airplanes to Iran across the United States and Europe….