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Iran criticizes U.S. for blocking sales of passenger aircraft

Xinhua, July 9, 2016 Adjust font size:

Iran's Foreign Ministry on Friday criticized the U.S. House of Representatives for blocking the sale of Boeing passenger aircraft to Tehran, Press TV reported.

Washington should be committed to its obligations under the nuclear agreement which endorses the removal of sanctions, including allowing the sale of passenger aircraft to Iran, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qasemi said.

"What is important to Iran is the other side's commitment to its obligations," Qasemi said, adding that the Islamic republic "regards the U.S. government responsible for Washington's fulfillment of its nuclear commitments."

The U.S. government should remove all the obstacles on the way of implementing the nuclear deal known as JCOPA, he added.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to bar Boeing from selling passenger planes to Iran.

It was announced in Tehran on June 19 that Iran had reached an agreement with Boeing to purchase 100 passenger planes, valued about 17 billion U.S. dollars, to upgrade the country's aging fleet.

The nuclear deal, reached between Iran and world powers in July last year, was implemented in January. The deal makes Iran scrap major part of its nuclear program in return for the removal of Western and international sanctions. Endit