GOP Lawmakers Call on Trump to Suspend Commercial Aircraft Sales to Iran
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., called for President Donald Trump to suspend current and future licenses for aircraft sales to commercial Iranian airlines until his administration comprehensively reviews their role in supporting Iran’s “illicit activity,” according…
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to an April 10 letter (here). The U.S. should revoke authorizations and reinstate sanctions on Iranian airlines found guilty of using commercial aircraft for illicit military purposes -- including transporting troops, weapons and cash to rogue regimes and terrorist groups around the world -- until they stop such activities, the lawmakers said. Moreover, the Trump administration should prohibit U.S. companies from selling aircraft to Iran until the nation stops using commercial aircraft “to advance its terror campaign around the world,” the lawmakers said. Boeing recently confirmed it signed an agreement with Iran Aseman Airlines, which is headed by a “prominent and longtime member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,” the letter said.