U.S.: 42 security ex-bigwigs against aircraft sales to Iran

The U.S. Treasury Department is considering whether to approve the sale of commercial aircraft to Iran by Boeing and Airbus – and 42 former top national security officials have written a letter raising serious concerns about it.

The nuclear deal signed last year with Iran by the U.S. and other Western countries enables such sales by easing the sanctions previously put in place against Iran. Though the House of Representatives passed two amendments last months against the sales, these have not yet become law; the Senate and the President must both approve them first.