Farhad Parvaresh told Mehr News that despite lifting of sanctions on Iran’s aviation industry Britain’s Rolls-Royce had not agreed to send Iran the plane parts, a fact that had grounded many of Iran Air’s old Fokker planes. “8 planes out of a fleet of 27 planes are always on their maintenance and repair half-life; and 10 others suffer grounding due to lack of engine and fuselage parts,” he added, hoping that the recent month attempts of the company would operate some of these planes.
