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US grants Airbus license to sell 106 planes to Iran

Published November 22, 2016 Updated November 22, 2016 05:48pm

WASHINGTON: The US Treasury Department has issued a license to France's Airbus for the sale of 106 commercial planes to Iran Air, Iran's flagship carrier, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

The Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control issued the license on Monday, the source said.

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