Under US sanctions, Iran has had difficulty obtaining spare parts for its ageing fleet of Boeing aircraft purchased before the 1979 Islamic revolution and relies increasingly on planes leased from the former Soviet Union.
Iran has said the US stance on spare parts endangers the lives of innocent passengers.
Figures... I KNEW it...
Leave it to the Iranian theocracy to somehow find a way to blame the great Satan...why should we let them play with our toys when they're hostile openly and behind the scenes. Regardless, it's the Iranian people who suffer, not the Meatheaded Mullah zealots who hold a population back by centuries. I feel bad for the people who died so horribly and for their families...