Iranian President Hassan Rouhani arrives for a news conference in Tehran, Iran January 17, 2016. REUTERS/President.ir/Handout
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the U.S. Treasury Department decides whether to license sales of Boeing Co and Airbus commercial aircraft to Iran, opponents of last year's nuclear pact with the Islamic republic have launched a lobbying campaign against the deals.
The international agreement to curb Iran's nuclear programme made such sales possible by easing sanctions on Tehran, but some members of the U.S. Congress who oppose it want to block proposed sales of some 200 jetliners, worth about $50 billion (£38.1 billion) at list prices, to renew Iran Air's ageing fleet.
