The United States blocked the delivery of Russian Sukhoi Superjet planes to Iran

The supply of the Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft to the United States. Iran is deferred at a later date due to Minh's refusal

More than 10% of SSJ-100's components are produced in the United States, so the supply of the aircraft requires government authorization American, which must be approved by the US authorities.

More than 10% of the components of the SSJ-100 are produced in the United States, report of the US agency ILNA, according to the representative of the US. Association of Iranian Airlines, the Russian side could not get.

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. but it is expected to take a lot of time.

Iran has signed a preliminary agreement on the purchase of 40 SSJ-100 aircraft for local airlines, Aseman Airlines and Iran Air Tours.

The airline fleet of Iranian airlines after several years of sanctions, which prohibited the supply of aircraft and spare parts to the country, is in an unsatisfactory state. The country's authorities have announced that the Iranian airline would need about 500 aircraft to renew its fleet.

After the lifting of the basic sanctions in 2016, the Iranian airlines decided to buy 100 Airbus and 80 Boeing aircraft. However, the deal was blocked after US President Donald Trump resumed his sanctions against Iran in 2018.

Earlier, UNIAN had announced that the Belgian airline Brussels Airlines had announced that she would refuse to use the Russian Sukhoi SuperJet. They are replaced by CRJ-900 models from the Canadian manufacturer Bombardier. The reason for the failure of the aircraft.