The US House of Representatives, pictured, approved measures aimed at blocking US companies from selling commercial aircraft to Iran. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

A week before the one-year anniversary of the Iran nuclear deal, the Republican-led House approved measures aimed at blocking U.S. companies from selling commercial passenger aircraft to Tehran.

By voice vote Thursday, lawmakers passed two amendments directed at Chicago-based Boeing, which had offered Iranian airlines three models of new aircraft to replace the country’s aging fleet.

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