Illinois Lawmakers Urge Boeing Not to Sell Aircraft to Iran

 RICHARD LARDNER, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Three Republican congressmen from Illinois are urging the chief executive officer of Chicago-based Boeing to avoid doing business with Iran and not sell aircraft to upgrade its fleet.

The lawmakers told Boeing chief Dennis Muilenburg in a letter sent Monday that commercial aviation sales to Iran would subsidize a country that continues to be a leading sponsor of terrorism.

"We urge Boeing — in the strongest possible terms — not to do business with Iran until it ends its support for terror," wrote Reps. Peter Roskam, Robert Dold and Randy Hultgren.

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