08/06/18
Iran receives 5 ATR planes from France shortly before US sanctions return
Source: Press TV
Iran has received five more ATR turboprop airplanes only a day before the return of US sanctions that have already torpedoed the country's plane purchases with other major providers. The planes that had left France's Toulouse earlier in the day landed in Tehran's International Mehrabad Airport on Sunday morning after a short stop for refueling in the northwestern city of Urmia.
The agreement came after restrictions on Iran's aviation industry were lifted following the implementation of the 2015 nuclear agreement, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
In May, US President Donald Trump said he would pull America out of the JCPOA and re-impose sanctions against Iran.
The first wave of sanctions - that would return on August 6 - would include a universal ban on Iran's access to the US dollar as well as prohibitions against the country's trade in gold and other precious metals among other restrictions.
The second wave of sanctions that would hit in early November would be meant to bring Iran's oil exports to zero, as US officials have already acknowledged.