Boeing Seals Nearly $17 Billion Iran Deal Jet-sale accord comes as Trumps election spurs uncertainty for Islamic Republic deals By Robert Wall and Asa Fitch Dec. 11, 2016 8:50 p.m. ET Boeing Co. clinched a deal to sell 80 jetliners to Iran, completing the first major agreement between a U.S. company and the Islamic Republic, just as the political winds are changing.