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The largest Iranian airline Iran Air concluded order for 80 airplanes from US company Boeing in the largest deal between the US and Iran after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. The order is for 50 aircrafts model 737 and 30 aircrafts model 777, which will be delivered in the coming decade, said the airline director Farhad Parvaresh.

In September, the Treasury Department gave approval for Boeing and its European competitor, Airbus, to sell planes to Iran. For the signing ceremony in Tehran was regional director of Boeing Fletcher Barkdull.

The purchase order is worth 16.6 billion USD and deliveries of the new airplanes will start in 2018, with the entire order being fulfilled over 10 years.

In a statement, Boeing said the deal would support tens of thousands of American jobs directly associated with production and delivery of the airplanes, and nearly 100,000 jobs in the broader aerospace industry in the United States.

In June, Boeing announced that it has entered into a preliminary agreement to sell 100 aircraft to Iran Air. In September, Washington authorized US aircraft builder and its European rival Airbus to sell planes for billions of dollars to Iran.

