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Dec. 20--TEHRAN, Iran. -- Iran has sent the engines of 14 airplanes to foreign countries in order to be repaired.

Iranian Minister of Road and Urban Development Abbas Ahmad Akhoundi said that 7 engines have been fixed and returned, Iran's Fars news agency reported on Dec. 20.

The Iranian minister further stressed that the country's civil air fleet should be renewed.

"We also need to launch a transportation network between Tehran's airports.

Akhoundi said on August 31 that the country plans to increase the number of its air fleet to 500 planes.

Head of Iran Civil Aviation Organization Alireza Jahangirian said on October 14 that the country needs at least 300 active airplanes.

"We currently have less than 150 active planes," he said.

He went on to note that Iran currently owns 20 international airports.

Jahangirian previously said that most of Iran's current aircraft would be out of service by Iranian calendar year of 1404 (2025) so the country needs to annually add 30 aircraft to its fleet.

"That would annually cost at least $1 billion for Iran's aviation industry," he noted.

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