Tehran Aug 5 (IANS) The French-Italian aircraft manufacturer ATR delivered five more turboprops to Iran on Sunday the official IRNA news agency reported.
The ATR 72-600 passenger planes landed at Tehran s international Mehrabad airport on Sunday morning a day before the return of first round of US sanctions against Iran reports Xinhua news agency.
Flight licenses have been issued for the ATR passenger planes to join Iran Air s fleet the Iran Air announcement said.
In April 2017 Iran Air signed a contract with ATR to purchase 20 short-haul passenger jets worth $576 million. Iran had already received eight ATR 72-600 aircraft and deployed them in domestic flights.
After US President Donald Trump s withdrawal from the Iranian nuclear agreement Washington is trying to bring sanctions back on Iran with the aim of blocking Iran s international financial transaction and reducing its oil exports to zero.

--IANS mr/