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THE BOEING-IRAN DEAL – LEIBOVITCH V. THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC

On December 13, 2016, Shurat HaDin-Israel Law Center served aerospace giant, The Boeing Company, with an Illinois Citation to Discover Assets, restraining Iran’s interest in the just finalized $16.6 billion contract for Boeing’s sale of 80 airplanes to IRANAIR, the Iranian national airline.

This is the first business deal for aircrafts with an American company since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. There are billions of dollars in unsatisfied US court judgments, which Iran needs to pay off before it can purchase the planes.

In June 2016, when the multi-billion dollar deal was first announced, Shurat HaDin warned Boeing that terror victims would place liens against any property Iran purchases from Boeing to execute their judgments. At that time, Shurat HaDin Director, Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, said “We are going to seize all 100 airplanes. If Boeing thinks it will simply sell to IRANAIR, which is 60% owned by the Iranian government, and pretend it is providing some sort of humanitarian civilian aid to a non-governmental entity, we will reveal the truth.”