TEHRAN (ecoideal)- French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire expressed the hope that turboprop plane-maker ATR would get permission from the US to deliver eight regional planes to Iran before August 6 which is deadline for imposing sanctions against Tehran.
"I am hopeful that the United States will give us permission to deliver these ATRs," Maire said.
He underlined that there were eight ATR planes to be delivered before August 6.
"I've been negotiating for weeks with my counterpart, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, and I'm hopeful we'll get on a number of topics that directly affect our SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) and our jobs in US-owned territories," he said.
Deliveries of turboprop aircraft were halted in May after the withdrawal of the United States – which must approve any export of aircraft containing more than 10% US-made components – from the Iran nuclear deal and the return of the US sanctions regime against the Islamic Republic.
The equally-owned group by Airbus and the Italian Leonardo had warned earlier this month of the "serious implication" of the decision.
Source: Farsnews