Boeing Co. said Tuesday it signed an agreement with Iran Air "expressing the airline's intent" to buy its aircraft, setting up the biggest business deal between the Islamic Republic and America since the 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover in Tehran.
Already, an Iranian official has suggested his country as a whole may purchase $25 billion in airplanes from Chicago-based Boeing, welcome news to workers on its massive assembly line north of Seattle and company stockholders.
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Already, an Iranian official has suggested his country as a whole may purchase $25 billion in airplanes from Chicago-based Boeing, welcome news to workers on its massive assembly line north of Seattle and company stockholders.
Iran travel guide
If travel is most rewarding when it surprises, then Iran might be the most rewarding destination on Earth.
Coverage Includes: Planning chapters, Tehran, Persian Gulf, Western Iran, Central Iran, Southeastern Iran, Northeastern Iran, Understand Iran and Survival chapters.
Click here to see more travel guides for Iran
You can pick and choose from complete guides and individual chapters, and download them to any device you like.
Sponsored link:
Join the Raven brothers on four epic overland adventures across the USA, Russia, Black Sea and South America!
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Driving the Trans-Siberian: The Ultimate Road Trip Across Russia
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Black Sea Circuit: An Adventure Through the Caucasus
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Carnival Express: A South America Adventure
Amazon.com * Amazon.co.uk
Living the Linger: Freedom on the American Highway
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