GOP lawmaker pushes Boeing to cancel Iran contracts

Published April 26, 2018 8:46pm ET



Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., is pushing Boeing to take the final step of canceling an agreement to sell dozens of jetliners to Iran, under an agreement reached after the 2015 implementation of the nuclear deal between the regime and leading world powers.

“It’s time for Boeing, Airbus, and all Western companies looking to enter the Iranian market to act morally and decisively, and walk away from selling the Iranian regime aircraft it will use to sow chaos in the region,” Roskam told the Washington Examiner Thursday.

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