TEHRAN, March 09 (MNA) – Iran is now self-sufficient in supplying airplane spare parts, and there is almost no need to send airplanes to foreign countries for any kind of repair, an official told Mehr News Agency.Regarding commercial and passenger airplanes, Iran used to be highly dependent on the purchase of airplane parts from foreigners and the sanctions imposed on the country caused a challenge in this regard, Deputy of the scientific department of knowledge-based economy development Javad Mashayekh said in an interview for Mehr News Agency.

After the imposition of sanctions against Iran, some of the Iranian knowledge-based companies tried to produce homegrown car spare parts and repair and maintain aircraft engines.

Saying that there is no longer a need to not send planes to foreign countries for repairs and maintenance, he added that even some countries, which were also sanctioned for various reasons and are unable to supply spare parts and maintenance services, come to Iran and seek help from Iranian specialists.

For example, Russia has faced many sanctions in the aviation sector due to the crisis in Ukraine, and for this reason, it has concluded favorable contracts for maintenance services with Iranian knowledge-based companies, Mashayekh stressed.

This shows that domestic knowledge-based companies have progressed to the extent that some empowered countries seek to cooperate with Iranian knowledge-based companies, he concluded.

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