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                        Iran to Purchase 114 Airbus Jets

   by VOA News

   Iranian officials say the country's flagship airline will finalize a
   deal to purchase 114 jets from Airbus when President Hassan Rouhani
   visits France on Wednesday.

   Iranian media quoted Transport Minister Abbas Akhoundi saying Iran Air
   and Airbus will sign the agreement.  Akhoundi has not given any
   specific terms, including the price of the planes.

   The cost will run billions of dollars, but Iran badly needs the planes
   to upgrade its fleet of passenger jets, which were subject to years of
   sanctions and suffered from a lack of maintenance.  The international
   agreement on the country's nuclear program that went into effect this
   month removed those barriers.

   Rouhani was due to visit France in November, but the trip was postponed
   after the terror attacks in Paris.  He said then he expected Iran to
   sign the Airbus deal during his visit.

   Rouhani will be the first Iranian president to visit France in 17
   years.
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