First brand-new Airbus lands in Tehran after 38 years

This is the first brand-new airliner Iran has received since the 1979 revolution, thanks to the landmark nuclear deal signed in 2015.

This is the first aircraft Iran has received from its list of ordered aircraft.

The contract was signed last year when President Hassan Rouhani visited France, only a few days after the nuclear deal officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), was put into force, ending decades’ long economic sanctions on Iran.

Under the contract, Iran has put orders for 100 aircraft with Airbus. Iran made a similar deal with the American Boeing, but the prospect of it is overshadowed by the election of Donald Trump as the next US president, as he has strongly opposed the nuclear deal and Iran’s economic freedom.

Under sanctions, Iran’s aviation industry has become aged and remains

underdeveloped. The country plans to buy about 500 new aircraft in the near future.