Boeing has revealed that it recently sold aircraft-related goods to Iran Air.<br /><br />That would be the first acknowledged dealings between an American aerospace company and Iran since the 1979 US hostage crisis.<br /><br />The sales were of manuals, drawings, navigation charts and data, but Boeing said it may consider selling aircraft spare parts for Iran Air’s ageing fleet in the future.<br /><br />Boeing made about $120,000 (95,000 euros) in revenue and about $12,000 (9,500 euros) in net profit from the sales, miniscule amounts for a company that reported $23.7 billion (18.7 billion euros) in sales in the latest quarter.<br /><br />Boeing and engine maker General Electric were granted export licences in April by the US Office of Foreign Assets Control under a temporary sanctions relief deal after Tehran agreed to temporarily curtailed its nuclear activities.
