While President Trump has railed against the nuclear accord with Iran, a country he has described as a pariah state that exports terrorism, his administration has grudgingly gone along with the agreement. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThe aircraft deals in particular have presented a challenge to Mr. Trump because they could support thousands of manufacturing jobs in the United States, a major theme of his presidential campaign. At the same time, critics of Iran in the United States have urged him to stop those deals. But Justin Dubon, an Airbus spokesman, said the A320’s engines would be made at least partly in the United States. To Iran’s detractors, announcements of the additional Airbus deals amounted to a new reason to put pressure on Mr. Trump to block them.

Source: New York Times June 22, 2017 21:56 UTC