Iran took delivery of the first four ATR aircraft in May and two more in September, with the rest due to be handed over to the country by the end of 2018.

This edition of the program is about political events of 2017, including Iranian and US presidential elections, Daesh terror attacks in Tehran and the US’s violations of the nuclear deal.​​​​​​​

Iran has played down recent US threats against its plane purchase campaigns from global aviation giants and says it expects the purchases to move ahead smoothly as a funding mechanism for purchases is being worked out.

A federal court in Chicago has extended a deadline for the US administration to clarity its position regarding the national security implications of Boeing’s deal with Iran Air.

Iran’s national flag-carrier airline Iran Air has received two more turboprop planes from the Franco-Italian aviation player ATR. 

Iran Air says it expects to receive two more ATR planes before November. 

Iran’s Kish Airline has announced an ambitious plan to purchase over a dozen new planes from global aviation giant Airbus and Boeing.

According to Iran's Asghar Fakhriyeh-Kashan, the total value of the contracts with Airbus, Boeing and ATR is less than $18 billion.

Farzaneh Sharafbafi was named as the new CEO of Iran Air by Minister of Road and Urban Development Abbas Akhoundi on Tuesday.

Airbus says it has signed basic agreements with two Iranian airlines over the purchase of a total of 73 planes.