This picture released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry on Sunday, March 12, 2017, shows a domestically manufactured tank called “Karrar” in an undisclosed location in Iran. Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency is reporting that the country has unveiled the domestically manufactured tank and has launched a mass-production line.
Category: Iran
Iran Avoids Taking Trump Bait to Collapse Nuclear Deal, for Now
Since the U.S. imposed new sanctions on Tehran over a ballistic missile test Friday, Iran’s conservative media has railed against the government for being too soft, the military has tested another projectile, and officials have generally thumbed their noses at a White House warning that they were now “on notice.” What hasn’t happened, however, is as important: no official has threatened to abandon the nuclear deal signed in 2015 under the previous U.S. administration of President Barack Obama.
Note to Iran: Buying Boeing Jets Is Good — but Don’t Brag About a 50% Discount
An Iranian official seemed to brag that Iran got a 50% discount on its $16.6 billion purchase of Boeing jets. But at Boeing and Airbus, nobody pays the list price.
Iran Says Will Only pay Half Price for New Boeing Planes
Iran’s official IRNA news agency is reporting the deputy transport minister as saying that his county will only pay half of the announced price for 80 new Boeing planes, given the reductions in its purchasing options. According to the Sunday report, Asghar Fakhrieh Kashan says that despite an initial $16.8 billion deal with Boeing to purchase 80 passenger planes, “Regarding the style of our order and its options, the purchase contract for 80 Boeing aircraft is worth about 50 percent of the amount.”